Fieldwork

Question 1

Physical fieldwork title

Answer 1

to investigate the effect of trampling on the abundance and diversity of vegetation at Reigate Heath, Surrey

Question 2

Human fieldwork title

Answer 2

to investigate the pattern of housing and environmental quality in Reigate, surrey

Question 3

what is the geographical theory underpinning the physical enquiry

Answer 3

• the more foot travel there is, the more the path dies back and erodes so the less vegetation there is

Question 4

what were my primary data sources for p

Answer 4

• percentage vegetation cover
• height of tallest species
• no. different species
• depth of footpath erosion

Question 5

secondary data sources for p

Answer 5

• maps (to identify location)
• google lens (species identification)
• social media (find land use conflicts)
• weather reports

Question 6

primary data sources for h

Answer 6

• garden size
• no trees
• no windows
• traffic
• cleanliness
• house type
• appearance
• garage size

Question 7

secondary data sources for h

Answer 7

• questionnaire survey
• noise survey
• zoopla (prices)
• OS maps
  -police website for crime survey

Question 8

what was the geographical theory underpinning the human enquiry

Answer 8

housing quality increases with distance from town centre
-environmental, house prices, services

Question 9

potential hazards of the p investigation and ways to reduce this risk

Answer 9

• injury from falling over uneven ground or tree stumps -> wear sturdy shoes and no running allowed
• lyme disease from ticks -> education about symptoms and wear long clothing
• risk of illness/hypothermia from adverse weather -> adapt activities to conditions, wear suitable clothing

Question 10

potential hazards of the h investigation and ways to reduce this risk

Answer 10

• getting hit by cars (cross only at zebra crossings)
• getting abducted by stranger (groups, meeting places and times established)
• risk of injury by adverse weather (wear suitable clothing, adapt activities)

Question 11

what is the difference between primary and secondary data

Answer 11

primary: data you have collected yourself
secondary: data that has already been collected and been made available

Question 12

sampling methods and adv vs disadv

Answer 12

• systematic – good spread of location and eliminates bias – may have problems with access
• random – removes bias – may not get a true representation of the sample group as whole sections could be missed completely
• stratified – good representation and sample spread – can bring in bias

Question 13

description and justification of data collection methods p

Answer 13

• quadrat (systematic) – clear, simple, easy to use, allows investigation over large areas, inexpensive, change over space – can be subjective (%)
• ruler to measure height – simple, easy to interpret, not subjective – could not always put ruler on the ground due to other vegetation, quadrat squashed some plants
• collected data along a transect – – tape was not always held tight, we had to move the tape when walkers came past

Question 14

description and justification of data collection methods h

Answer 14

• environmental and housing quality surveys (given a score on various features from +2 to -2)

easy to collect and enables qualitative data to be quantified

should try a wider scale to get more accurate ratings, subjective, features such as “old” may be good or bad for different people

Question 15

explanation of chosen data presentation methods p

Answer 15

• kite diagram – demonstrates change over space, visually clear and comparison can be made – visually subjective as the scale influences visual effect, only works with a specific range of data, time consuming to construct by hand

Question 16

factors considered when choosing a suitable question for p

Answer 16

• time of year
• accessibility
• measurable
• safety
• equipment requirements

Question 17

explanation of chosen data presentation methods h

Answer 17

• bar charts – can compare easily, trends can be seen, can be analysed quickly, easy to draw on computer – using too few categories can mask important patterns in the data
• annotated photographs – good visual snapshot – can mask deeper socio-economic characteristics

Question 18

description, analysis, and explanation of the results if fieldwork data

Question 19

what conclusion have we drawn from p

Answer 19

percentage vegetation cover and diversity increases as distance from footpath increases. this is due to human usage being more concentrated down the middle (dogs and members of public)

Question 20

conclusion from h

Answer 20

housing quality increases with distance from centre of town - commuting in

Question 21

limitations of data collected from p

Question 22

limitations of data collected from h

Question 23

suggestions for other data that may be useful

Question 24

extent to which conclusions were reliable

Question 25

factors considered when choosing a suitable question for h

Answer 25

- does not require specialist equipment - local - accessible (private land)

Question 26

improvements to p method

Answer 26

- go at more times in the year (heath users more active in summer) - larger sample size (10 quadrats per transect instead of 5) - 30m transect (instead of 20)

Question 27

evaluation h

Answer 27

- splitting reigate into zones provided good spatial coverage and 10 streets sampled - EQS and HQS are subjective and enlarge scale to 5s - sample size enlarged as certain streets not represented - use census data to gain greater insight into socio-economic - only at one time of year (roadworks affected noise_

Question 28

what should you include in the evaluation

Answer 28

- problems - limitations - improvements

Question 29

advantages and disadvantages of using mean as an average

Answer 29

- includes all data - just one extreme value can distort the data

Question 30

median

Answer 30

- eliminates extreme values at either end - easy to calculate - doesn't really give a full representation

Question 31

mode

Answer 31

- easy to calculate - allows for an average to be taken of non-numerical data - may be more than one mode, no mode - may not accurately represent the data

Question 32

range

Answer 32

- easy to calculate - uses anomalies if present which distorts data

Question 33

inter-quartile range

Answer 33

- useful for comparing data sets - less use on its own

Question 34

reasons for using reigate as location

Answer 34

- walk from school - lots of pavements to walk around on - it is a large town with lots of streets to allow us a large sampling group - has a variety of types of housing with different levels of wealth so we could get sufficient information to draw reliable conclusions

Question 35

what are desire and flow line maps

Answer 35

Desire and flow line maps show movements from one place to another: - flow lines show the exact path of movement - desire lines show a general direction of movement Movements are shown as lines. Thick lines show high amounts of movement and thin lines show low amounts