Geographical skills (Swanage)

Question 1

What are the reasons for choosing Swanage as the destination for fieldwork?

Answer 1

1. One of the closest sites to go to
2. Has the highest capacity
3. Accommodation is one of the closest to the beach
4. Accommodation is cheaper

Question 2

What is the multiplier effect?

Answer 2

Where investment in an area can lead to a positive feedback loop which will in turn see an area grow further

Question 3

What is the human geography question we are investigating and why is it a good title?

Answer 3

How does tourism affect the town of Swanage?

Swanage is a town that attracts many tourists and it can have an effect on the people living in Swanage. It also allows us to compare the town to the Burgess Model and the multiplier effect and see if it follows these models

Question 4

What are the three hypotheses in human geography?

Answer 4

1.There will be the most people in the central business district
2. The best environmental quality will be found in the central business district
3. Locals in Swanage think that tourism will have a positive impact on the town

Question 5

What type of data collection did we use in the human geography?

Answer 5

1. Tally chart for pedestrian count
2. Environmental quality survey
3. Questionnaire

Question 6

What type of data presentation did we use in the human geography?

Answer 6

1. Scatter graph to present the relationship between distance from the town centre and the pedestrian count
2. Geolocated proportional map to show the environmental quality scores
3. Stacked bars to present data from Likert questions

Question 7

What were some quotes the locals used about the impact of tourists?

Answer 7

1. “It’s what keeps it alive”
2. “It’s necessary and important for jobs”
3. “It keeps the town going”

Question 8

What were the positives and negatives of the pedestrian count?

Answer 8

Positives:
Quick and easy to complete
Negatives:
Number of pedestrians dependent on time of day e.g. during rush hour

Question 9

What were the positives and negatives of the environmental quality survey?

Answer 9

Positives:
Quick and easy survey to complete
Negatives:
Subjective - ranked by personal views so people may disagree with other views

Question 10

What were the positives and negatives of the questionnaires?

Answer 10

Positives:
Only 2 questions
Various answers to the question
Negatives:
Doesn’t give full view of Swanage

Question 11

What is the physical geography question we are investigating and why is it a good title?

Answer 11

How successful are the groynes on Swanage beach?

It allows us to see the effect of long shore drift and the different erosional methods

Question 12

What were the three hypotheses in physical geography?

Answer 12

1. There will be more sediment on the south of the groynes as they successfully prevent longshore drift and increase deposition
2. The area of the beach with groynes will have more sediment and less erosion than the coastline that is unprotected
3. The groynes on Swanage beach are a cost-effective coastal management strategy

Question 13

What type of data collection did we use in the physical geography?

Answer 13

1. Beach profiling
2. Field sketch
3. Secondary data analysis

Question 14

What type of data analysis did we use in the physical geography?

Answer 14

1. Cross sections (15.22m^2 on North side, 22.29m^2 on South side)
2. Field sketch
3. Bar graph which shows the relative cost of different management strategies (groynes being the cheapest at £2.2m)

Question 15

What were the positives and negatives of beach profiling?

Answer 15

Positives:
Repeated clinometer reading to take average and make more accurate
Negatives:
Inaccurate analogue clinometer
Wind affecting tape measure
Hard to keep ranging poles in sand at exactly the same height
Cross sectional area calculation is an estimate

Question 16

What are the positives and negatives of field sketches?

Answer 16

Positives:
Able to focus sketch on hypothesis
Detailed annotations
Can include aspects not seen in pictures e.g. sound
Negatives:
Depends on sketching ability
Only shows one view at one time

Question 17

What are the positives and negatives of using secondary data?

Answer 17

Positives:
Used government sources for data so likely to be accurate
Very easy to access and quick to do so
Negatives:
BBC news article could be inaccurate as newspapers are often written with agenda
Data for coastal management is a UK average and very variable and so would likely be different in Swanage