Urban Fieldwork: Formulating Enquiry Questions

Match the following stage of enquiry to the correct description:

• Summary of findings/critical reflection

• Conclusion/Evaluation

• Noticing trends from the data collected

• Planning Stage

• Questions investigated

• Analysis and Explanation

• Various ways including maps, GIS, graphs

• Data Collection

• Including qualitative and quantitative

• Data Presentation

Label the correct zones of the Burgess Model to the correct description

a

b

c

d

A

B

C

D

Reorder the following stages of the enquiry process to put them in the correct logical order

• Evaluation

• Analysis

• Data Collection

• Conclusion

• Planning Stage

Is the following statement true or false? "An hypothesis is a prediction based on theory."

• True

• False

How do you think environmental quality will change as you move out from the CBD of St Albans?

• It will not change

• It will improve significantly

• It will get worse then improve in the suburbs

• It will get worse all the way out

How do you think the land use will change as you move out from the CBD of St Albans?

• It will become more commercial

• There will be more retail

• It will be all recreational

• It will become more residential

Your urban fieldwork location is St. Albans. What direction is St. Albans from Central London?

• 30km North

• 30km South

• 30km North-East

• 30km North-West

Choose the correct label to describe the strength and limitation of St Albans as a location for urban fieldwork:

St Albans has a large area of floodplain near the CBD which affects the land use ​ (a)  

St Albans is a small, contained city which is appropriate for the scale of the survey ​ (b)  

• Limitation
• Advantage
• Location
• Fieldwork

The Environment Agency flood map shows areas at risk of floods in St Albans. Label the flood zone and CBD.

a

b

CBD

Flood zone

Explain (using the Environment Agency flood map) how physical geography affects land use in St Albans.

• There is no building to the North of the CBD because of the floodplain.

• There is no building to the West of the CBD because of the floodplain.

• There is no building to the South-West of the CBD because of the floodplain.

• There is no building to the East of the CBD because of the floodplain.