Lulworth + Studland Flashcards
(13 cards)
What was the purpose of the investigation in Lulworth?
To explore how tourism impacts the environment at Lulworth Cove and whether the flow of people is sustainably managed.
What secondary data did we use for Lulworth?
Jurassic Coast website: in-depth view of the area’s history.
Royal Geographical Society website: history and problems in Lulworth due to tourism.
What primary data did we take in Lulworth?
Human Impact Survey: evidence of different positive/negative human impact factors (eg: footpath erosion / public info displays).
Environmental survey: surveyed many factors as to what degree we felt it was positive or negative (eg: noise / cleanliness).
Field sketch: labelled and detailed.
Questionnaires: opinions of management of Lulworth and why they were visiting.
What sampling techniques were used in Lulworth?
Opportunistic sampling: labelled field sketch.
Random sampling: public questionnaires.
What was one piece of quantitative data we collected in Lulworth and how was it presented?
Environmental survey: bar chart (showed that Lulworth was maintained well to suit visitors and upkeep the picturesque honeypot site, but in turn it damages the environment).
What was one piece of qualitative data which we collected in Lulworth and how was it presented?
Questionnaires: pie chart (showed the activities of visitors in Lulworth and the reason for their visit - mainly for walks and eating and drinking in the village)
What was the purpose of our investigation in Studland?
To discover how wind speeds affect temperature along a sand dune transect.
To uncover how the trampling of visitors impact on the plant species diversity in the dunes.
Overall: flows of air and of people (trampling/management).
What secondary research did we take for Studland?
National Trust website: history of the dunes and the area, why it is visited, the issues concerning the area and the development of the dunes.
Dynamic Dunescapes: how the dunes have changed in recent years, action being taken by National Trust and other organisations to restore and protect the dunes.
What primary data did we take in Studland?
100m transects perpendicular to the sea (x2) following What3Words (for accuracy): every 10m, we recorded wind direction, speed and the temperature using an automatic anemometer (limited by the conditions of the day: variable and changing = anomalies) + we placed down quadrants and subjectively estimated vegetation cover and identified vegetation species using a chart with native species = systematic sampling.
Questionnaires: random sampling on opinions of how the area was being managed.
Labelled land management map.
What was one piece of quantitative data we collected at Studland?
Slope angle: set up 2 ranging poles between two areas with a constant slope, positive or negative value of slope angle measured by the clinometer - explored how wind speed affects the shape of the dunes and build up of sediment = stratified sampling, human error.
What sampling techniques did we use at Studland?
Systematic sampling: 100m transects, data points every 10m.
Stratified sampling: dune slope angles.
What did we use to show the relationship of two data sets we measured at Studland?
Scatter graph of wind speed against temperature: showed a weak negative correlation between the temp and wind speed (higher the wind speed, lower the temp) - could have been improved by using a larger sample size/making sure wind speed wasn’t blocked by vegetation etc.
What was one piece of quantitative data we took at Studland and how did we present it?
Visitor transport surveys (from questionnaires): bar chart (most common mode of transport = cars - shows a need for sufficient parking spaces but also how successful a more integrated public transport route could be) = random sampling and easy to understand.
