Tootgarook Fieldwork Flashcards
What was the hypothesis of your research?
“The sustainability of the Tootgarook wetlands is threatened by continuing urbanisation and previous poor land management strategies”
Describe the location of your fieldwork.
The Tootgarook wetlands is located in Tootgarook, rosebud and Fingal on the Mornington Peninsula region. It is located 85km by road from Melbourne CBD and is boardered by Eastbourne road (North), Boneo road (East), Browns road (South) and Trumans road (West)
What spacial technologies have been used to assess and manage land use change in Tootgarook wetlands?
Aerial photography Satellite imagery Remote sensing GPS - phones Geographic Information Systems (GIS) - Skitch, map survey
What primary sources were used in your fieldwork report? What were the strengths and weaknesses?
- Gidja Walker, a local botanist who helped us complete our data booklets. There was a risk that the information was not 100% accurate.
- survey: ‘Land use change caused by humans in the Tootgarook Wetlands’
What secondary sources were used in your fieldwork report? What were the strengths and weaknesses?
- Websites, used to collect more detailed responses such as SPIFFA.
- Google Maps
- Textbook
- Youtube
Accuracy of the information is unknown at times such as sites including Wikipedia.
What type of land use change did you study?
Where has this land use occurred?
Agricultural to urbanisation
- residential development in northern section
- tremens road recreation reserve and rye landfill to the west
- industrial estate to the east off boneo road
What are the human land uses in your fieldwork area?
- Boardwalks
- Signage
- Residential estates
- Footpaths
- Industrial area located off boneo road
- Roads
What are the natural land uses in your fieldwork area?
- Aquifer
- Native vegetation
- Fauna
What are the current past and future land uses in your fieldwork area?
CURRENT
- residential
- agricultural
- Westland
- tip
PAST
- pete mining
- cattle grazing
