In class the teacher will guide you through floodplain processes including Hjulstrom's curve and landforms of a typical floodplain.

Then we will study this exercise about the floodplain of the Usk (with both virtual and actual field visits)

Scenario: A housing developer has put in a planning application to build an estate of 20 large 4 bedroomed houses and an equal number of smaller affordable homes for rent to local people on land just east of the Bryn betwen the A40 trunk road and the river Usk at g.r. 335099.
 

Since you are a geographer  the residents at The Bryn have asked you to advise them as to objections they could make to the development in a submission to Monmouthshire County Council. You agree and begin by:

1) Producing an annotated map of the site showing the main disadvantages of the site.
2) Annotate the aerial image of the site pointing out key features and cross reference to the map.
3) You draw a cross section along easting 34 and annotate this to show the main physical features.
4) You use a selection of images of the area and annotate these to show the inappropriateness of the site for development and its important geomorphological landforms. You should draw field sketches of the images as this may allow you to highlight certain features. SEDIMENT
5) You should produce annotated diagrams to show how parts of the meander feature at 335098 may need engineering protection. What knock on effects may lead from this. SEDIMENT
6) The developer has proposed building a flood protection embankment (height of 2 metres) from the upstream railway bridge to the end of the development downstream. Use the flood data on the next web page to produce a histogram and written interpretation demonstrating that this measure is inadequate. WATER

Make sure that all these items are 'tied together' with explanatory running text.