Homework

• Here is the model answer and mark scheme, swap with your neighbour and give it a mark.

LO: Coastalisation Case Study - Torquay

Coastalisation Case Study UK Resort - Torquay, South Devon

LO: Coastalisation Case Study - Torquay

Coastalisation Case Study UK Resort - Torquay, South Devon

• Torbay is in South Devon – you will visit this area on your fieldtrip…

• Torbay is made up of three towns, Torquay, Paignton and Brixham

• Torbay has a population of 134,000 – Torquay 60,000• The local economy is heavily reliant on tourism• With over 40% of the workforce employed in the

tourist industry• £3.8 million was spent by domestic tourists alone in

2005

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Why did Torquay grow as a coastal resort?

LO: Coastalisation Case Study - Torquay

TASK: Copy out the table below, cut out the cards and then stick them into the appropriate place on your table.

Environmental factors

Economic factors Social factors Who decides????

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Natural Economic Social WHO decides?Mild climate – faces east

1848 Great Western Railway promoted area as the English Riviera.

Victorians promoted it as a place for sick to visit. No industrial air pollution in Torquay unlike the cities.

Great Western Railway

Sheltered – faces east

Railways opened up for middle classes, affordable.

Fashionable – sign of wealth.

Local Authority / Mayor

1 degree warmer than Exeter

Great Western Railway

Tourists

Sea – sandy beach Local Business / land owners

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Where does Torquay fit on the Butler Model?

Butlers Model:• Small village, local industry such as fishing, good

climate, sheltered harbour, • Expanding Tourism. Shift from primary to tourism • Intensive Tourism. Tourism dominant function.

Torquay now got Living Coast – flagship project. Harbour waterfront regenerated fort tourists.

• Where Torquay is now.

• NOW: option to continue to be profitable and successful or could crash and loose its popularity.

• In order to keep popular with tourists, Torquay needs to attract people away from cheap flights abroad.

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Task

Produce either a poster OR a 30 second imovie to explain why Torquay has experienced such rapid growth – coastalisation.

• Investigate why Torquay has grown and chart the changes in their population and popularity over time.

• Human and physical reasons why Torquay has grown. • Include a section on the general growth of UK seaside

resorts and relate to the growth of Torquay.• Include a map of the area.

LO: Coastalisation Case Study - Torquay