Explain how coastal management strategies used in your chosen area have taken conflicting views into account. By
Explain how coastal management strategies used in your chosen area
have taken conflicting views into account
Geography
De La Salle College, Jersey
September 2016
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Contents
Explain how coastal management strategies used in your chosen area have taken conflicting views
into account ............................................................................................................................................ 1
KEY TERMS .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Setting The Scene ................................................................................................................................... 4
An explanation of how the question links to the specification .......................................................... 4
Background information about the place chosen as the focus for the investigation ........................ 5
Human history of the St Ouens area............................................................................................... 5
Geological History of the St Ouens area ......................................................................................... 5
How has the geology in St Ouens influenced the area? ................................................................. 5
What are the distinctive coastal landforms in the Bay? ................................................................. 5
What are the discussions about the future of St Ouens bay .......................................................... 5
Location of St Ouens, The Study Area................................................................................................. 6
Location of Jersey in relation to the world ..................................................................................... 6
Location of Jersey in relation to Europe ......................................................................................... 6
Location of Jersey in relation to the Channel Islands ..................................................................... 6
Location of St Ouen’s Bay in Jersey ................................................................................................ 6
Detailed map of St Ouen’s Bay – the study area ............................................................................ 6
The investigation question and breaking it down to key questions ................................................... 8
Method of Data Collection ..................................................................................................................... 9
Data Presentation and Analysis ........................................................................................................... 10
Land use Survey ................................................................................................................................ 10
Quality of sea wall ......................................................................................................................... 11
Height of sea wall .............................................................................................................................. 12
Questionnaire ................................................................................................................................... 13
Perceived Value of Land use ............................................................................................................. 16
Evaluation And Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 17
Key Question: Why is there a need for coastal defence? ................................................................. 17
Key Question: What are the present methods of defending St Ouen’s Bay?................................... 17
Key Question: Why does the sea wall show different heights along the Bay?................................. 17
Key Question: What are the current state of the sea defences? ..................................................... 17
Key Question: What land uses are present in the Bay and protected by the sea defences? ........... 17
Key Question: How important are the land uses in the Bay? ........................................................... 17
Key Question: How successful are the coastal defences in St Ouen’s Bay? ..................................... 17
Key Question: What are the possible future developments at St Ouen’s Bay? ............................... 17
Overall Conclusion ............................................................................................................................ 17
Evaluation ............................................................................................................................................. 19
Limitations ............................................................................................................................................ 20
Bibliography.......................................................................................................................................... 21
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KEY TERMS
Definitions which you will use again in the study e.g. fetch
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Setting The Scene
An explanation of how the question links to the specification
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Background information about the place chosen as the focus for the investigation
Human history of the St Ouens area
Geological History of the St Ouens area
How has the geology in St Ouens influenced the area?
What are the distinctive coastal landforms in the Bay?
What are the discussions about the future of St Ouens bay
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Location of St Ouens, The Study Area
Location of Jersey in relation to the world
Location of Jersey in relation to Europe
Location of Jersey in relation to the Channel Islands
Location of St Ouen’s Bay in Jersey
Detailed map of St Ouen’s Bay – the study area & key locations
Notes:
Detailed description of the location of the study area with MAPS from Jersey’s position relative to
the UK to detailed map(s) of the St Ouen’s Bay area.
Include writing AND give all maps a title.
Refer to the maps in the writing.
Can also include labelled/annotated photos – link to the maps
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The investigation question and breaking it down to key questions
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Key Questions and expected outcomes
The main question needs to break down into 4 or 5 sub-questions.
Here are some examples.
You need to develop some of your own as well or change wording.
Why is there a need for coastal defence?
What are the present methods of defending St Ouen’s Bay?
Why does the sea wall show different heights along the Bay?
What are the current state of the sea defences?
What land uses are present in the Bay and protected by the sea defences?
How important are the land uses in the Bay?
How successful are the coastal defences in St Ouen’s Bay?
What are the possible future developments at St Ouen’s Bay?
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Method of Data Collection
Fieldwork Or Information
Collection Technique
Key Question Related
to this technique
Reason for the
technique / why was
the data collected
Equipment Required
Method – How was the
data collected
Problems / mitigations
of the technique
Possible Improvements
Land use survey
Quality of sea wall
Height Of Sea Wall
Questionnaire
Sketch Map
Photography
Secondary Sources
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Data Presentation and Analysis
Land use Survey
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Quality of sea wall
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Height of sea wall
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Questionnaire
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Perceived Value of Land use
Spearman’s Rank
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Evaluation And Conclusion
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The title of my study was ……
I have answered this by dividing the main question into a number of key questions
The first one of these is ……………
I found that ………. as shown on the graph/map/photo suggests that …..
The second key question was ….
Key Question: Why is there a need for coastal defence?
The Actual Result:
Reasons For Any Differences with my expected outcome:
Are the results from your key questions what you expected from the EXPECTED OUTCOMES which
you gave in Setting the Scene?
Key Question: What are the present methods of defending St Ouen’s Bay?
The Actual Result:
Reasons For Any Differences with my expected outcome:
Key Question: Why does the sea wall show different heights along the Bay?
The Actual Result:
Reasons For Any Differences with my expected outcome:
Key Question: What are the current state of the sea defences?
The Actual Result:
Reasons For Any Differences with my expected outcome:
Key Question: What land uses are present in the Bay and protected by the sea
defences?
The Actual Result:
Reasons For Any Differences with my expected outcome:
Key Question: How important are the land uses in the Bay?
The Actual Result:
Reasons For Any Differences with my expected outcome:
Key Question: How successful are the coastal defences in St Ouen’s Bay?
The Actual Result:
Reasons For Any Differences with my expected outcome:
Key Question: What are the possible future developments at St Ouen’s Bay?
The Actual Result:
Reasons For Any Differences with my expected outcome:
Overall Conclusion
After you have drawn a conclusion for EACH of your key questions you then go back to the original
MAIN question
Therefore based on the evidence from the key questions, I conclude that the sea defences are/are
not successful in St Ouen’s Bay.
If you agree give 4/5 bullet points saying why
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If you disagree bring in some reasons
WHAT EVER YOUR CONCLUSIONS ARE THEY MUST BE BACKED UP WITH EVIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE
GIVEN IN YOUR STUDY – MAPS/GRAPHS/PHOTOS/WRITING
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Evaluation
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Would someone come to the same conclusions as you did?
How accurate do you think the results were?
Were the results affected by the weather (you hurried too much)?
LINK BACK TO KEY QUESTIONS – HAVE YOU PROVED THEM?
How successful was your study?
If you were to do the study again what would you improve?
What were the best techniques you used?
What techniques did not help you much in determining what processes took place on the beach?
How useful do you think the study was?
EXTENSION TO THE ENQUIRY - Suggest something significant that could be done, given a longer time
scale, to investigate this issue more thoroughly.
Did it improve your understanding of coastal geography?
Evaluation
Limitations
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Extension To The Enquiry
Usefulness Of The
Enquiry
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Would someone come to the same conclusions as you did?
How accurate do you think the results were?
Link back to key questions – have you proved them?
How successful was your study?
What were the best techniques you used?
What techniques did not help you much in determining what processes
took place on the beach?
The METHODS used to collect data -were there any problems?
Did you measure accurately?
Were the results affected by the weather (you hurried too much)?
Did the wind play a role when measuring the height of the sea wall etc.
Suggest solutions to any of these problems
Any other problems?
Suggest something significant that could be done, given a longer time
scale, to investigate this issue more thoroughly.
If you were to do the study again what would you improve?
How useful do you think the study was?
How have you personally gained from the experience of completing this
enquiry?
Did it improve your understanding of coastal geography?
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Limitations
Ideas:
 The METHODS used to collect data
 Were there any problems?
 Did you measure accurately?
 Did the wind play a role when measuring the height of the sea wall etc.
 Some of these problems may be in your Methodology table
 Suggest solutions to any of these problems
 Any other problems?
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Bibliography
Any Websites Used, Textbook Used, Plus Any Other Sources To Get Information
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