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TITLE for Physical geography

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

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TITLE for Human Geography

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To investigate the patterns of housing and environmental quality in Reigate

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Areas of data collection for Physical investigation

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Series of transects in the north west of the heath

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Areas of data collection for Human Investigation

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-Doods road, Reigate

-Holmesdale road, Reigate

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Physical geography data collection methods

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

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Human geography data collection methods

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Environmental quality survey

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Risks in Physical geography investigation and how to reduce risk

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

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Risks in Human geography investigation and how to reduce risk

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-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

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Results in physical investigation

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-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

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Why use a quadrat in physical investigation

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

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Problem with quadrat sampling

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

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Conclusion of physical investigation

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-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

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Primary data for physical investigation

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

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Secondary data for physical investigation

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

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Evaluation of Physical investigation

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-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.

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How do issues affect conclusions

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They won’t be as accurate

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How could you improve physical investigation

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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.

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What type of sampling methods is used in physical investigation

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

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Primary data for Human investigation

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Environmental Quality survey and Housing Quality survey, photos

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Secondary data for Human investigation

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

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Data collection methods for Human investigation

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Housing quality survey - score given on features of house

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

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

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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

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Advantages and disadvantages of using a kite diagram for Physical results

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+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

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Conclusion of human investigation

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

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Explanation of conclusion (human)

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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

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Characteristics of houses further from CBD of Reigate

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Larger driveways, front and back gardens and garage

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Evaluation of Human investigation

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

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Problems with Data collection methods (Human)

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-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.

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How to improve results in human investigation

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

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Hypothesis for both investigations

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-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

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What score did Deering’s Road score on the Environmental Quality survey?

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11

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Issues with Environmental Quality Survey and Housing Quality Survey

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They only range from -2 to +2 meaning that it is hard to differentiate good and bad quality.

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As the height of land in Reigate increases what else increases?

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The housing and environmental quality

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Advantages of using stratified sampling in Physical Fieldwork

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There were a number of classes and we were able to strategically select land to investigate on to ensure data collected is representative.

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Advantages of using Systematic sampling

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Allowed us to place the quadrat every 1m and avoid bias giving representative data.

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Why do we use a field sketch?

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To help explain results

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Why are OS maps useful for conducting a geographical investigation?

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Because it enables us to select appropriate sites.

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Evaluation for Human investigation

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-Methods support conclusion to some extent as 10 streets were sampled making it representative to the population.

-EQS and HQS surveys have an element of subjectivity

-EQS and HQS only range from -2 to +2 so can’t differentiate good and bad quality

-Results could be improved using census data

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What is the purpose of a desire line

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It can show the movement of people in an urban context e.g. people commuting

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Ways of presenting Quantitive data

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-Pie Charts
-Bar charts
-Histograms
-Line graph
-Pictogram

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Ways of presenting qualitative data

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-Word clouds
-Annotated photos
-Mind maps
-Quote banks

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