Paper 3

Question 1

What are the two fieldwork projects?

Answer 1

Princesshay development in Exeter’s CBD.

Dawlish warren spit, east Devon.

Question 2

What the hypothesis for princesshay?

Answer 2

The princesshay redevelopment has successfully regenerated Exeter’s CBD.

Question 3

Where were the sampling study sites for princesshay?

Answer 3

Princesshay
The high street x2
Sidwell street

Question 4

What were the primary data techniques for princesshay?

Answer 4

Environmental quality survey

Pedestrian footfall counts

Goad maps

Question 5

What are environmental quality surveys?

Answer 5

(EQS) score from 1 to 5 aspects of the built environment and calculate the overall score.

Question 6

What are pedestrian footfall counts?

Answer 6

Count the number of people who walk past at each sample site for 5 minutes.

Question 7

What are goad maps?

Answer 7

Classify the function of each building and reduce a colour coded land use map.

Question 8

What is the presentation of results for princesshay?

Answer 8

Colour coded goad map.

Located bar chart of footfall results on a base map.

Located bar charts of EQS scores on a base map.

Labelled photos.

Question 9

Results and conclusion for princesshay?

Answer 9

I agree with the hypothesis as princesshay has

1. The highest footfall count of the study sites.
2. The highest EQS score
3. The most high order stores according to the goad map.

Question 10

What are the limitations of conclusions for princesshay?

Answer 10

1. EQS results are subjective and weather dependant.
2. Footfalls are easy to miscount in busy locations.
3. Goad maps are out of date and buildings are difficult to classify.
4. Not enough sample sites - should have done every 50m not 100m.
5. Could have done a questionnaire on people’s views of the success.
6. Use secondary data as well - newspaper articles or blogs…

Question 11

What is the risk assessment for princesshay?

Answer 11

Stranger danger 
Crossing roads 
Slip risk 
Mobile phone - contact staff 
Weather

Question 12

What is the hypothesis for Dawlish Warren?

Answer 12

Longshore drift transports sediment in an easterly direction along the spit.

Question 13

What was the primary data at Dawlish warren?

Answer 13

1. Groyne height measurements

2. LSD float experiment

Question 14

What is groyne height measurement?

Answer 14

Use a metre rule to measure the height of the beach on the West and east side of the groyne - the vertical distance between the beach and the top of the groyne.

Repeat for all 14 groynes.

Question 15

What was the LSD float experiment?

Answer 15

Throw a ping pong ball into the sea and leave for 2 minutes. Record the distance and direction of movement.

Repeat 3 times and calculate an average.

Question 16

What is the presentation of results for Dawlish Warren?

Answer 16

14 located bar graphs on google earth map of the spit.

If the theory is correct then the beaches should be higher on the west side.

Question 17

What were the results for Dawlish Warren?

Answer 17

The 14 bar graphs show - for all graphs the beaches were higher on the west side of the groyne, agreeing with he hypothesis.

Question 18

What were the limitations of the conclusions for Dawlish warren?

Answer 18

1. Inaccuracies of the groyne height measurements - burying the metre rule in the sand or misreading it.
2. Better sampling - we only did 1 measurement per groyne, so better if we did systematic sampling (every 10m ad calculate an average).
3. Use secondary data - environment agency website to compare their results.

Question 19

What was the risk assessment for Dawlish Warren?

Answer 19

Tide times
Appropriate clothing
Slip risk
Mobile phone - contact staff