MAPS

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The following maps were produced as part of the European RESPONSE Project (2003-2006), led by the Isle of Wight Council's Centre for the Coastal Environment. For more information about the RESPONSE Project please see the website - www.coastalwight.gov.uk/response

Map 1a: Coastal Landforms
Map 1b: Coastal Processes

Map 2: Coastal Defence Management Types and Practices

Map 3: Current and Historic Natural Hazards
Map 4a: Coastal Assets and Population
Map 4b: Environmental Assets
Map 5: Coastal Behaviour Systems

Map 6: Potential Coastal Hazards

Map 7a: Potential Coastal Risks - Business as usual scenario
Map 7b: Potential Coastal Risks - Climate change and loss of defences
Map 8: Summary of Potential Coastal Hazards
Map 9: Planning Guidance

The following maps were first produced for SCOPAC: A Critique of the Past - A Strategy for the Future. Prepared by the University of Portsmouth. January 1999.

Geology: Lithology and Stratigraphy
Geomorphology
Wave Climates; Tidal Currents
Sea-Level; Holocene Sea-Level Rise
Sediment Transport: Inputs, Pathways, Stores and Sinks
Major Estuaries
Regional Shoreline Management Plans and Major Littoral Cell Boundaries
Coastal Zone and Estuary Management Plans
Conservation Sites and Designations
Land Uses