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Human Landscapes Fieldwork - Paper 3 Flashcards

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1
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what was the theory we wanted to test

A

if the Burgess model fits Guildford

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why did we choose Guildford for our fieldwork

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it is easily accessible from school
not too large or small so easy to sample

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how do residents interact with the physical landscape of Guildford

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there is a river running through Guildford therefore they had to build around it and mostly everything is one side of the river

Guildford is close to London and other important areas so residents can easily travel in and out

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how do visitors interact with the physical landscape of Guildford

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They are using the river for activites such as kayaking but in the past it could have been used during the industrial revolution

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what was the purpose/aim of our fieldwork

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to see how the quality of life and characteristics changes the further you move away from the CBD

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what were my enquiry questions

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how does land use change in Guildford?

How does the environment change in Guildford ?

How does housing type change as we move away from the CBD?

How safe/clean is Guildford as you move further away from the CBD?

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what are the 6 stages of the enquiry process

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  1. Identifying suitable question for geographical enquiry
  2. Selecting , measuring and recordign data appropriate to enquiry
  3. Selecting appropriate ways of processing and presenting data
  4. Describing, analysing and explaining fieldwork data
  5. Reaching conclusions
  6. Evaluating the geographical enquiry
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what is qualitative

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words and meanings

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what is quantitative

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numbers and statistics

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explain how we did our shop and services tally

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put types of shops into categories
walk along the transect
tally the shops and services
count the total number of shops and services in each category

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explain how we did our land use survey

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put types of housing into categories
walk along the transect
Tally the housing
count the total

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explain how we did our environmental investigation

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walk along the transect
take pictures of the surrounding
Annotate the photos
Analyse the environment

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what type of sampling types is the buildings tally

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systematic sampling

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what type of sampling types is the housing tally

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systematic sampling

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what type of sampling types is the taking and annotating photos

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systematic and random sampling

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what were the strengths of the buildings tally

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no biased opinions

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what were the strengths of the housing survey

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no biased opinion

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how to improve the housing survey

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finding out or estimating the prices of the houses and flats in an area

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how to improve the annotated photographs

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take multiple photos of an area so you dont miss any important areas

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what were the safety risks we encountered

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being lost on the train or in public
Being hit by a car

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how did we overcome the risk of being lost on the train or in public

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the teachers gave every student their number in case we were lost and needed to contact them and they did a head count when getting on and off the trains

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how did we overcome the risk of being hit by a car

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we chose places where it was mostly pedestrianised and we cross at traffic lights

23
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what was the secondary data we collected

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census data
crime rate data

24
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what was the weakness of using census data as secondary data

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invalid quite quickly

25
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what was the weakness of using crime rate data as secondary data

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invalid quite quickly
not all crimes are recorded

26
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how did we present the land use survey data

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in a stacked bar chart

27
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what did the education census data show us

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that the central area and south of Guildford had a higher level of education than the north

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what did the crime rate data show us

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that most crimes occurred in the centre of Guildford

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how did we present the environmental quality assessment

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in a radar graph

30
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what is the weakness of using a radar graph to present the environmental quality assessment

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because there are so many variables and types of data we collected, the graph looks confusing and so it is not easy to interpret or read and so we cannot easily compare data

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what is the problem of using a bar graph/stacked bar graph to present the housing and land use survey

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cant the accurate percentages so you only get an estimate

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how does housing type change in Guildford

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in the CBD, there are mainly flats and small houses but in the outskirts there are semi-detached and large houses

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how does land use change in Guildford

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In the CBD, land use is primarily used for businesses and shops however as you get fruther away land is used for housing

34
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what are the strengths of my question/aim/hypothesis

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lots of variation and a broad view on a lot of different factors

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what are the weaknesses of my question/aim/hypothesis

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limited land use

some questions are difficult to answer and are subjective

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what are the strengths of the location/sites/methods we used

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small sample size so easy to see change
easy to get there
lots of variation in Guilford

37
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what are the weaknesses of the locations/sites/methods we used

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EQA was subjective
land use survey was limited
Housing survey was inaccurate

38
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how to improve our methods

A

add more questions to the EQA

interview locals for detailed answers

39
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what are the strengths of our data presentation

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we used lots of different graphs
census is reliable

40
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what are the weaknesses of our data presentation

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some graphs are difficult to read or understand
census is invalid now

41
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what are the pros of using systematic sampling

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takes less time
representative of the area usually

42
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cons of using systematic sampling

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biased
not flexible, have to go in a certain way

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pros of random sampling

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every area has an equal chance of selection
no bias

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cons of random sampling

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not always representative
might miss out on key features

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pros of stratified sampling

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every area gets an equal amount of focus

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cons of stratified sampling

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takes long
could be biased

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subjective

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based on or influenced by feelings

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reliable

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if something is reproducible by other

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accurate

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how close the collected value is to the true value

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valid

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true for the time and place

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