6 - fieldwork

Question 1

COASTAL : what was the aim and hypotheses?

Answer 1

• aim - how appropriate are the coastal management methods used in start bay?
• hypothesis 1) which coastal management method is the most cost effective?
• hypothesis 2) where is the risk of flooding and erosion the highest?
• hypothesis 3) what is the impact of sea defences on people and the environment?

Question 2

COASTAL : what sampling was used to choose locations, and what were they?

Answer 2

• STRATIFIED sampling, meaning finding out what was at each to choose locations. the chosen:
  1) hallsands - small and medium houses / protected by rock armour
  2) beesands - bigger settlement with facilities / protected by sea wall and rock armour
  3) sunnydale - small houses, remains of a road / some gabion baskets
  4) torcross - largest settlement and lots of valuable houses and facilities / large sea wall

Question 3

COASTAL : what were the methods and presentation for hypothesis 1?

Answer 3

• hypothesis 1) which coastal management method is the most cost effective?
• BIPOLAR SURVEY : scoring each coastal defence between -3 and +3 against a range of criteria e.g visuals, maintenance, accessibility - presented on a RADAR DIAGRAM, allowing for all data on one graph
• COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS : calculating cost of properties, through houses (number of windows) and value, taken from Zoopla, and then using cost of defence (lifespan) to calculate cost-benefit (total cost of properties/cost of defence)

Question 4

COASTAL : what were the methods and presentation for hypothesis 2?

Answer 4

• hypothesis 2) where is the risk of flooding and erosion the highest?
• FLOOD RISK SURVEY : measure flood likelihood (through multiplying distance of properties from sea by avg. height of properties above sea level <estimation>), and flood severity (values of properties from cost-benefit table. multiply to get a flood risk score</estimation>

Question 5

COASTAL : what were the methods and presentation for hypothesis 3?

Answer 5

• hypothesis 3) what is the impact of sea defences on people and the environment?
• sample sediment and compare with a LITHOLOGY MAP to see where sediment had come from and identify processes
• BEACH PROFILE : clinometer and tape measure to measure gradient and distance (measured eye to eye of students of similar height) - gives indication of protection against flooding and effectiveness of defences . plotted as a LINE GRAPH to compare cross sectional areas of beaches
• FIELD SKETCH to collect more qualitative data, of detailed reasoning

Question 6

COASTAL : what were the general conclusions?

Answer 6

• h1) torcross’ sea wall had the highest overall bipolar score & sunnydale’s gabions had the highest cost-benefit score
• h2) torcross had the highest flood risk score
• h3) marine transgression has led to the beach material & hallsands (rock armour) beach had the biggest cross sectional area

Question 7

RURAL : what was the aim and hypotheses?

Answer 7

• aim - how and why does deprivation vary in South Hams, Devon?
• hypothesis 1) where will the quality of environment be better?
• hypothesis 2) which location has suffered from the greatest service decline?
• hypothesis 3) what are the public perceptions of each settlement?

Question 8

RURAL : what were the locations chosen?

Answer 8

• SLAPTON : within the AONB, so controls on building and development / no large vehicles passing through / high proportion of 2nd homes, so empty for much of the year and less demand on services
• CHILLINGTON : a key settlement with facilities, services and employment opportunities / along the A379 road / partly in the AONB

Question 9

RURAL : what were the methods and presentation for hypothesis 1?

Answer 9

• hypothesis 1) where will the quality of environment be better?
• TRANQUILITY SURVEY : counting ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ visual and sound factors. relative tranquility measured by subtracting negative factors from positive factors . presented on a CHLOROPLETH MAP, because whole village was sampled by each group

Question 10

RURAL : what were the methods and presentation for hypothesis 2?

Answer 10

• hypothesis 2) which location has suffered from the greatest service decline?
• SERVICE TALLY : comparison of current number of land uses/services counted, to secondary data of 1940s for historical data . presented on a COMPOUND BAR GRAPH, allowing for totals and changes to be compared

Question 11

RURAL : what were the methods and presentation for hypothesis 3?

Answer 11

• hypothesis 3) what are the public perceptions of each settlement?
• EPITOME WORDS : 5 people were asked what they like or dislike in each village, in single words or phrases . presented on WORD CLOUDS ( - some are synonyms, timing?)

Question 12

RURAL : what were the general conclusions?

Answer 12

• h1) slapton had a higher tranquility score
• h2) slapton had been affected most by service decline, whereas chillington had increased
• h3) many factors affected people’s perceptions - it was difficult to tell which village was perceived as best

Question 13

what questions could be evaluated/assessed?

Answer 13

• SAQ?
• time of day/season?
• advantages/disadvantages?
• strengths/weaknesses?
  (methods&presentation)
• enough data?
• subjective?
• averages/median/mode?
• contradicting conclusions?
• reliability? accuracy?