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Time: 3 hours
Level: Intermediate
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 Introduction Resource- We begin this unit by looking at an estuary, a place where sea, land and sky meet. We have chosen a particular estuary: the Blackwater estuary on the Essex coast in eastern England. Although the Blackwater...
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| | 1 An estuary – where the elements meet
- 1.1 The Blackwater estuary Resource
- ‘Between the mouths of the Blackwater and the Colne, on the east coast of Essex, lies an extensive, marshy tract veined and freckled in every part with water. At high tides the appearance is that of a...
- 1.2 A balancing act: conservation and sustainable development Resource
- All around this coast are examples of efortsf to protect or enhance the environment. There are nature reserves, country parks and protected habitats, and the whole coastal fringe is designated as an area...
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| | 2 Environmental responses
- Managing risk in conditions of uncertainty Resource
- Earlier we considered what is meant by ‘environmental responses’. There are two aspects to this concept. One is the response made by the environment to processes of change, whether brought about by natural...
- 2.1 Change and response in the ‘meadows of the sea’ Resource
- Midway along the northern shore of the Blackwater estuary lie the Old Hall Marshes on a peninsula three and a half miles long and lying between tidal creeks and mudflats (see Figures 3 and 15a). It is...
- 2.2 Climate change: survival at stake Resource
- Despite efforts to define it, the boundary between land and sea is constantly changing. In the long run the combination of rising sea level, sinking land and possible major storms, such as the one that...
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- 3 Summary Resource
- In this unit we have used the Blackwater to identify the theme of environmental response. Responses involve the interaction of human and natural processes. For example, the rise in sea level experienced...
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