Urban fieldwork
I can collect primary and secondary data in an urban area to help me answer a geographical enquiry question.
Urban fieldwork
I can collect primary and secondary data in an urban area to help me answer a geographical enquiry question.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- There are many geographical enquiry questions that you can investigate in urban areas such as towns and cities.
- Data collection techniques in an urban area can investigate quality of life, sustainability and regeneration.
- Secondary data can provide contextual information about urban populations and spaces and how these have changed.
Keywords
Regeneration - changes made to a built environment to try to improve the area for residents and workers
Bipolar scoring - a score scale that uses both positive and negative values
Proxy indicator - a variable which indirectly suggests that another variable may be true
Common misconception
Secondary crime data tells us about the economic prosperity of a place.
Crime data can be misinterpreted. The data does not give any details about the economic status of the victim or the perpetrator. It is also assumes that the perpetrator lives in the area where they committed the crime, for which there is no evidence.
Equipment
Content guidance
- Risk assessment required - outdoor learning
Supervision
Adult supervision required
Licence
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