Sands of Time Title
This site provides detailed information on the sand dunes of the Sefton coast in North West England
Home Page
Coastal Change
A History
Physical Forces
Growth & Erosion
Future Change
Managing Change
Primary Succession
Model of Succession
The Strand Line
Embryo Dunes
Mobile Dunes
Blow Outs
Semi-fixed Dunes
Fixed Dunes
Dune Slacks
Dune Heath
Scrub
Woodland
Vegetation/Soil Data
Studying Succession
Pine Plantations
Syllabus Information
Synthesis
Biology
Environment
Geography
Coursework
Project Objectives
Project Partners
Project Funding
Publications
Related Links
Subject Themes - Geography
 

Coasts

Coastal processes, features & landforms
Coastal ecosystems
Marine energy, deposition & erosion
Problems: Flooding, global warming
Management: Flood protection

 

Recreation & Tourism

General tourism theory
Growth in tourism: case studies
The effects of recreation and tourism on natural and human landscapes
Implications of growth of tourism on the environment, economies and communities particularly affected by them
Planning policies and management of recreation and tourist activities

 

Vegetation

Succession
Climax & plagioclimax vegetation
The effects of human activities on vegetation
Evidence used to identify changes in vegetation

 

Resource Conflict

Who is involved in the conflict
Attitudes of the people involved in the conflict
How can the conflict be resolved?

For more information about this project email dunes@hope.ac.uk at Liverpool Hope University College.
Go to the site of English Nature Go to the site of Liverpool Hope College  

Liverpool Hope Univerity College is working with English Nature and the
Sefton Coast Partnership to implement the Sands of Time project.