Antony Drake, Mott MacDonald
Peter Phipps, Mott MacDonald
ICE Lecture 2009
This lecture offers a case study of cliff recession at Hunstanton, North Norfolk. The cliffs are composite weak rock cliffs which have retreated by up to 30m since 1885 in a series of failures of varying size and nature.
This lecture demonstrates the importance of high-resolution spatial data in understanding the mechanisms involved in the cliff erosion cycle. Antony Drake and Peter Phipps demonstrate how the detailed data has enabled a transition from macro-scale predictions of future recession rates for the entire cliff section towards real hazard-related predictions based on failure size and return period at specific localities such as vulnerable structures.
Remedial options and the anticipated impact of those on the cliff behaviour are also discussed and the benefits to coastal managers and planners explored.
This lecture is based on the double award-winning paper Cliff Recession and Behaviour Studies, Hunstanton, UK.
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