| AS G1 Theme 2: Key Idea 2.6 - Group | ||
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Source: 'Flooding in England' EA 2009 http://asiantaeth-amgylchedd.cymru.gov.uk/cy/ymchwil/llyfrgell/cyhoeddiadau/108660.aspx |
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March 24th 2011 After meeting the EA maybe we can look at adapting our study into three sub-questions… Overall question … How is flood risk perceived and managed in Upton-on-Severn compared with Crickhowell? i) What is the nature of the flood problem in Upton-on-Severn compared with that in Crickhowell? ii) How is the flood problem managed and how effective is the flood management strategy in both places? iii) What Factors Influence Residents Perception of Flood Risk? This gives us a wider range of primary and secondary methods of data collection (other than questionnaires). |
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| Our Investigation: What Factors Influence Residents Perception of Flood Risk? | ||
| Sequence of enquiry How the examiner may ask questions about this work. | ||
| The enquiry - plan of data collection | ||
| Sampling | ||
| Questionnaire Design - model G1 Q3 answer | ||
| Writing the Report | ||
| First questionnaire | ||
| Second questionnaire | ||
| Town Plan - printable | ||
| Crickhowell planning | ||
| Meeting with Environment Agency | ||
| DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING WRITTEN REPORT - Tuesday 3rd May - after Easter holiday. No extensions as nearly up to exam leave. | ||
| Writing up stages: | ||
| How is flood risk perceived and managed in Upton-on-Severn compared with Crickhowell? | ||
| 1 Introduction What was your aim? see data at top of the page - why is flooding an important topic? – discuss your key question and how you broke it down into sub-questions. Briefly talk about locations, flood history, map flood risk. Outline the ‘outer limits of your selected field area’ - where have we studied and why. Briefly cover some secondary research findings into flood perception – Hull and Switzerland. by March 29th What are we studying and why? Title as a question (hypothesis) broken into three sub-questions. (why do we do this), Where did we study - why did we choose these locations. What might we find out? - findings from other peoples' research. 1 side | ||
| 2 Method -
what did we want to
know; what did we do to find out the information. Lot of resources at
http://www.geogonline.org.uk/as_drainageki2.5iv.htm which we could
use in our results section. i) Use EA website to get flood risk maps. Intend to use images of places (source?) [and intend to] add annotation to mark flooded areas. Get information of past flood events from source?.
In 2010 the Environment Agency, Wales made data
available for educational use as part of their Flood Awareness
programme. These resources have been incorporated within the NGfL
website. In order to make these resources easily accessible to teachers
and students, a document now added to the WJEC A level Geography website
links relevant Key Questions and content from the specification to
current NGfL material and to Environmental Agency data with suggested
activities.
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| 3 Results | ||
| i) What is the nature of the flood problem in Upton-on-Severn compared with that in Crickhowell? 2 sides Comparative flood risk in Crickhowell and Upton - descriptive text linking - flood risk maps. Images. Annotate. Field sketches. Researched incidents. Our finding is ?? Lots of resources in GeogOnline - http://www.geogonline.org.uk/as_drainageki2.5iv.htm including links to EA http://asiantaeth-amgylchedd.cymru.gov.uk/cy/gartrefahamdden/llifogydd/122561.aspx | ||
| Interactive flood risk map e.g. http://maps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiybyController?x=531500.0&y=181500.0&topic=floodmap&ep=map&scale=3&location=London,%20City%20of%20London&lang=_e&layerGroups=default&textonly=off#x=323604&y=217743&lg=1,&scale=7 What is the spatial pattern of 'risk' in both places? | ||
| Images e.g. Crickhowell Bridge, Canal bank, Cwrt-y-Gollen. Field sketch? Take your own? Google Search. Annotate any images. | ||
| Bridge | ||
| Bridge End Inn | ||
| Bridge arches | ||
| Bullpit Meadow and defences | ||
| Grwyney | ||
| Dan-y-Gollen | ||
| Map | ||
| The above Map turned into a sketch map indicating areas we perceive to be at risk of flooding around Crickhowell. | ||
| Overhead | ||
| New Housing proposal | ||
| Risk of flooding from reservoir failure | ||
| Risk of river flooding | ||
| Canal bank failure http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-488374/Mini-tsunami-devastates-Welsh-village-20-miles-sea.html | ||
| Images e.g. Upton-on-Severn - Google search - floods, defences. Resources at http://www.geogonline.org.uk/as_drainageki2.5iv.htm | ||
| Photos of bund construction | ||
| Upton-on-Severn flood extent 2007 - turn this into to a sketch map showing the extent of the flooded area. Add north and a scale - label key parts of town. Where would the defences be on this photo? | ||
| ii)
How is the flood problem managed and how effective is the flood
management strategy in both places?
2 sides Flood management in both places. Catchment Flood Management Plans, Role of EA, hard engineering in both places. Story of changes in strategy over time in Upton and why - using information from EA website and the EA officer. Meeting with Environment Agency How effective? Our finding is??? |
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| Upton-on-Severn Flood line of the defences map - plotted in the 'field' | ||
| Photos of bund construction | ||
| Images eg Bullpit Meadow Defences, What risks to Crickhowell people still perceive? See questionnaire comments. Issue of proposed Cwrt-y-Gollen developments | ||
| Images of Upton defences - how effective? What concerns do people still have? | ||
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What Factors Influence Residents Perception of Flood Risk? Our questionnaire findings... 6 sides |
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1) Initially we designed a questionnaire to get data to answer these sorts of questions... · Does flood perception vary between high risk recently flooded locations (Upton-on-Severn) and lower risk locations (Crickhowell)? [Swiss research] · Does flood perception vary with factors such as age, gender, past experience? · Does past experience affect preparedness for future events? · For those who experienced a flood what were the impacts [compare to the Hull survey findings] · Within the Crickhowell locality are there spatial variations in the perception of type of risk and level of risk? · What key concerns do residents have about flood risk and its management? |
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| Upton-on-Severn first questionnaire RESULTS | ||
| Upton-on-Severn second questionnaire RESULTS | ||
| Upton-on-Severn 'open question' responses | ||
| Crickhowell first questionnaire RESULTS | ||
| Crickhowell second questionnaire RESULTS | ||
| Crickhowell 'open question' responses | ||
| How can we present this information graphically? What questions can we answer? Can we compare our results to other research findings? | ||
| G3 part c Exam Questions " You should state clearly the question that you have investigated - i.e. How is flood risk perceived and managed in Upton-on-Severn compared with Crickhowell? | ||
| Jan 2011 - evaluate the methods used to collect data in an investigation into a changing physical environment that you have completed [10] | ||
| May 2010 - describe and assess one or more ways used to represent data for an investigation into a changing physical environment that you have completed [10] | ||
| Jan 2010 - discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the methods or presenting data used in your own investigation into changing physical environment [10] | ||
| May 2009 - discuss the main conclusions of an investigation into a changing physical environment that you have completed [10] | ||
| Jan 2009 - evaluate the methods you used to collect data in an investigation into a changing physical environment [10] | ||
