Geography paper 3

• Physical fieldwork title


  Is longshore Drift taking place along Hornsea Coastline?

  
• Data collection technique


  1. Float movement

  2. Beach transects

  3. Groyne to Beach height
• Reliability of data collection
• Building groynes


  Creates a human and physical interaction. Longshore drift (physical process) material moving along the coast can be trapped (human engineering) creating the wide beach that protects Hornsea resort seafront.
• Groyne measurement


  I used a metre ruler stick on the north and south side of the groynes to see if sediment was building up on one side because of longshore drift

  
• Why were these methods good?

  • Low cost equipment used
  • Quick to collect
  • Simple equipment
  • Simple to do
  • Allowed me to collect data at a range of locations for comparison
• Why where these technique reliable?

  • I used the same techniques at each site which made my results reliable
  • The data collection sheets I designed were the same at each location, this made it a reliable piece of fieldwork
  • I used the same equipment at each site to keep our data collection as reliable as possible
• Type of sampling used

  1. Systematic sampling of distance moved over a 5 min period

  2. Linear sampling taking readings along the line of the tape measure

  3. Pragmatically sampled a groyne in the south and north beach areas where they had been built along the seafront

  
• Why were your sampling techniques effective?

  • Measuring the distance travelled at a given time allowed us to calculate the movement of the apple
  • The metre tape gave us a clear path to follow and accurate points to sample the beach gradient
  • The groynes are not uniform distances from each other or in length. By pragmatically selecting a north and south groyne it would allow us to see if there was a difference in beach height.
• Data presentation


  1. Line graphs were used to show the continuous progress of the apple along the beach

  2. Beach profiles /cross sections lines drawn from the data collected

  3. I used bar graphs to represent the height of the material either side of the 2 groynes.
• Why did you select these techniques to present your data

  • Visually impact, easy to draw /read
  • Excellent for showing continuous data like time
  • Cross sections allow you to see what a cross section through a 3D structure like a beach look
  • Visually impact, easy to draw /read
  • Excellent for showing discrete data like height which is fixed and does not change
• Why did you select these techniques to analyse your data

  • Very easy calculation to complete
  • Figures readily available on the line graph to make quick calculations
  • Comparing the overall widths easy to do
  • Angle easy to calculate from the cross section using the start and finish points plotted
  • Using the average figures allowed me to reduce the impact of any anomalous figures that I had recorded in my data to make the results more accurate
• Physical human interaction fieldwork title

  Which is the best sea defence to protect the Hornsea Coastline from natural processes?
• Human fieldwork title


  Has the redevelopment of Salford Quays been a success?
• Former docks on the Manchester Ship Canal


  • Declined after the war, but then seen a total £300 million redevelopment since 1985
• Why was the location good for data collection?

  • Numerous sites which could use to compare different variables
  • Numerous different redevelopment approaches had been tried
  • Locations are open to the public
• Data collection technique


  Counted the number of people that passed in a 5-minute period and recorded their approximate age, gender, and purpose of their visit
• Environmental quality


  Used a bi-polar environmental quality data sheet to examine different human and physical factors
• Land use survey


  Used a base map of the Salford redevelopment and a key to identify how the derelict dock areas had been redeveloped
• Why were these methods good?

  Low cost equipment, quick to collect data, simple technique, provided a range of data about different locations
• Why were these techniques reliable?


  Used the same techniques at each site, data collection sheets were the same at each location
• Type of sampling used

  Stratified sampling, pragmatic sampling, systematic sampling
• Why were your sampling techniques effective?

  Recording the profiles across a range of locations, decided which direction to face, covered the entire redeveloped area
• Data presentation techniques


  Pie charts, proportional circles, cartographic/mapping
• Why did you select these techniques to present your data?

  Visually impactful, easy to draw/read, excellent for showing discrete data groupings and comparisons
• Data analysis techniques


  Percentage calculations, average score calculations, identifying highest individual figures and even distributions
• Why did you select these techniques to analyse your data?

  Very easy calculations to complete, figures readily available from the data presentation techniques