Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre

1. Gwyn Nelson
Environment Evidence 2019 – Marine
Evidence

2. Contents
1 Who Are The WCMC?
2 What Does The WCMC Do?
3 Timeline
4 Why?
5 How?
6 Programme
7 Survey Progress
8 Survey Data Examples
9 Collaboration
10 Review

3. Who Are The WCMC?
WCMC
Consortium
Advisory Panel
Wales Coastal
Groups Forum
Project Delivery
Team
Data Hosting
Channel Coastal
Observatory
Users
Welsh Assembly
Government
FCERM Funding
Wales Coastal
Monitoring Centre
Public Sector Organisation
Consortium
Vale of Glamorgan Council,
Gwynedd Council, Conwy
Council, Wales Local Government
Association
Advisory Panel
Natural Resources Wales, Wales
Coastal Groups Forum
Project Delivery
Team
WCMC + Marine Local Authority
Support
Data Hosting Channel Coastal Observatory
Users
Marine Local Authorities,
Consultancies, Universities
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4. Who Are The WCMC?
Coastal Process Scientist – William Russell
• Started December 2018
• BSc Geography
• MSc Applied Marine Science
• Graduated 2018
Programme Manager – Gwyn Nelson
• Started 25th March 2019
• BSc Marine Geography (2003)
• 5 Years commercial survey experience
• 9 Years project management
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5. What Does The WCMC Do?
AIM
Developing a strategic approach to coastal
monitoring in Wales, supporting the National
Strategy for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk
Management and the work of other Maritime
Local Authorities (MLAs) by providing the
evidence base required for coastal risk
management and decision making
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6. Timeline
•Seek future
funding and
long-term
planning
Funded to
March 2021
•Develop
Survey
Programme
for long-term
•Survey!
•£300,000
Year 3
2020-21
•2 No.
Employees
•Risk Based
Methodology
•Survey
Programme
•£300,000
Year 2
2019-20
•Funding Start
•£501,894
Year 1
2018-19
•Business Case
submitted
Jan. 2018
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7. Why?
• Approx. 1827 km of coastline
around Wales
• Approx. 209 km coastal defences
• 60% Wales’ population live and /
or work on the coast
• Approx. 86,000 properties at tidal
flood risk
• Coastal erosion risk
• Nationally important
infrastructure
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8. Why - Robust Evidence Base
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15629729
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/gallery/storms-hit-
the-welsh-coastline-6467593
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9. Why - The Challenge
Worms Head, Gower Peninsula
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10. Why - Shoreline Management Policy
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11. Why - Development in the Coastal
Zone
Cardiff Bay
Swansea Bay
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12. Why - Wave Climate Tidal Range
Tidal Range
Wave Climate
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13. Why - Critical Infrastructure
Newgale, Pembrokeshire
(By Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?c
urid=13166723)
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14. Why - Geology & Geomorphology
Monk Nash, Vale of Glamorgan
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15. How - Risk Based Methodology
Existing SMP
Policy
Future
SMP
Policy
Asset Risk
Erosion /
significant
Change
Beach
Behavior
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16. How - Risk Based Methodology
Asset
Flood Risk
Asset
Erosion Risk
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17. How - Risk Based Methodology
Colours by Policy Unit
RED HIGH RISK
BLUE LOW RISK
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18. Programme
1.
Coastline
Risk Scored
(RBM)
-1.5 to 60
Score
Range
2.
Surveyable
Frontage
Calculated
Terrestrial
Methods
462/1827k
m
3.
Categorize
RBM
Scores
Survey
Method,
Density,
Frequency
4.
Fit Budget,
Iterative
Approach,
Frequency
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19. Survey Progress
Bathymetric Survey
113 Km Coastline
Topographic
389 Km Coastline
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
1 Km Coastline
Laser
5 Km Coastline
2 Coastal Risk Management
Programme Schemes
• River Rhymney
• Aberavon
% Welsh Coastline
Topographic Bathymetric
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20. Survey Progress
• 160 Policy Units
• 17 New
• 401 Profiles
• 2 x MCA Collaboration’s
• Data Collection
• 4 x MLA’s
• 4 x Contractor
• 2 Survey Trials
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21. Survey Data Examples
UAV Point Cloud – Newton, Porthcawl
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22. Survey Data Examples
ATV Based Laser-scan, Aberavon
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23. 2018/19 CHP Collaboration
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24. Review - Well-being and Future Generations Act
The Well-being of Future Generations Act requires public bodies in Wales to think
about the long-term impact of their decisions, to work better with people,
communities and each other, and to prevent persistent problems such as poverty,
health inequalities and climate change.
• New Welsh Curriculum (2022)
• Schools Programme
• Climate Change and Coasts
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25. www.wcmc.wales
www.cmac.cymru
Review - Presence
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26. Review - Measured
Key Stages 2019-20
Perform Cost Analysis of Surveys 100
Develop Risk Based Methodology 100
Standardise Survey Approach 70
Create Survey Programme 90
Commission Surveys 10
Make Accessible to Users 50
Looking ahead
Improve knowledge/Understanding of Coastal Processes
Improve Survey Techniques/LA Skills/Efficiencies
Support RMA's/Decision Makers
Process Historic Data to Make Accessible
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27. Questions
WCMC Questions for the audience
• What evidence have we not considered?
• What opportunities exist for research projects?
Question for the WCMC?
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28. Contacts
Coastal Process Scientist – William Russell
wrussell@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
Programme Manager – Gwyn Nelson
gnelson@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk
www.wcmc.wales
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