Fieldwork

Question 1

TITLE for Physical geography

Answer 1

To investigate the effect of trampling on vegetation, at Reigate Heath in Surrey.

Question 2

TITLE for Human Geography

Answer 2

To investigate the patterns of housing and environmental quality in Reigate

Question 3

Areas of data collection for Physical investigation

Answer 3

Series of transects in the north west of the heath

Question 4

Areas of data collection for Human Investigation

Answer 4

-Doods road, Reigate

-Holmesdale road, Reigate

Question 5

Physical geography data collection methods

Answer 5

-The widths and depths of the footpath
-Percentage cover of vegetation
-Count how many species there are (biodiversity)
-Measure tallest plant
-Field sketch

Question 6

Human geography data collection methods

Answer 6

Environmental quality survey

Question 7

Risks in Physical geography investigation and how to reduce risk

Answer 7

Tic bites- wear long sleeved clothes and trousers
Sun stroke - sun cream
Snake bites
Tripping over roots- watch your step

Question 8

Risks in Human geography investigation and how to reduce risk

Answer 8

-Crossing road and being hit by traffic - Look both ways before crossing road or cross at zebra crossings

-Adverse weather, risk of injury - Wear suitable clothing and footwear

Getting lost or abducted by a stranger - stay in groups, meeting times established, verbal warning given

Question 9

Results in physical investigation

Answer 9

-17% vegetation cover resulted in 1 species with a height of 4.5 cm

-28% vegetation cover resulted in 2 types of species with a height of 6.6cm

Question 10

Why use a quadrat in physical investigation

Answer 10

-Quadrat sampling allows study of vegetation spread out over large areas

Question 11

Problem with quadrat sampling

Answer 11

It’s only an estimate of vegetation cover so it is not fully accurate

Question 12

Conclusion of physical investigation

Answer 12

-Vegetation cover in percentage increases with distance away from footpath

-Due to human usage being more concentrated towards footpath, through dog walkers and members of the public

Question 13

Primary data for physical investigation

Answer 13

Quadrat sampling for cover of vegetation, species count, height of tallest species

Question 14

Secondary data for physical investigation

Answer 14

-Historical data, OS map, Management plan for Reigate Heath.

Question 15

Evaluation of Physical investigation

Answer 15

-Difficult to measure exact % vegetation cover within quadrat

-Only carried out at one point within the year

-Only carried out investigation at one point in the heath, it is not representative to the heath as a whole.

Question 16

How do issues affect conclusions

Answer 16

They won’t be as accurate

Question 17

How could you improve physical investigation

Answer 17

Increase sample size to 10 quadrats to make it more representative, and would back up my idea that vegetation cover increases with distance from the footpath.

Question 18

What type of sampling methods is used in physical investigation

Answer 18

-Stratified to choose 6 sites for 6 classes and systematically every 1 meter along the 10m path.

Question 19

Primary data for Human investigation

Answer 19

Environmental Quality survey and Housing Quality survey, photos

Question 20

Secondary data for Human investigation

Answer 20

Census data, Index of multiple deprivation, Zoopla for house pricing

Question 21

Data collection methods for Human investigation

Answer 21

Housing quality survey - score given on features of house

Environmental quality survey - attractiveness of features -2 - +2

Question 22

Advantages and Disadvantages of using a bar chart to present data (Human)

Answer 22

Advantages:
+ Good visual technique for categorical data
+Can give see trends of environmental quality between streets easily

-using too few categories can mask important patterns in the data

Question 23

Advantages and disadvantages of using a kite diagram for Physical results

Answer 23

+Useful for displaying changes over distance

+Visually clear and easy to interpret one category from another

+Comparisons can easily 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 24

Conclusion of human investigation

Answer 24

-Housing and environmental quality increases with distance from the CBD of Reigate

Question 25

Explanation of conclusion (human)

Answer 25

The further from CBD the larger the houses and the more well maintained they were e.g. High trees road and Waterlow road scored highly

Question 26

Characteristics of houses further from CBD of Reigate

Answer 26

Larger driveways, front and back gardens and garage

Question 27

Evaluation of Human investigation

Answer 27

-Methods support conclusion to some extent, putting Reigate in zones provided good spatial coverage

Question 28

Problems with Data collection methods (Human)

Answer 28

-Housing quality surveys and Environmental quality surveys are very subjective and opinionated.

-Certain streets weren’t represented in the data collected, not truly representative of urban zoning and Reigate.

Question 29

How to improve results in human investigation

Answer 29

-Results could be supported using Censes and Index of Multiple Deprivation data, to provide greater insight into socio-economic characteristics.

Question 30

Hypothesis for both investigations

Answer 30

-As distance from the footpath at Reigate Heath increases, the percentage of vegetation cover increases (Physical)

-As you get further from the CBD of Reigate, The housing and environmental quality increases