UNIT 2 GEOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATIONS: CROWDED COASTS

A questions (looking at a figure)

Jan 2013
May 2012
Using examples, comment on how Figure 2 could be useful to help understand the choice of coastal
management strategy (10)
January 2012
Study Fig 2, comment on how the degree of conflict varies between different coastal activities (10)
June 2011
Study Figure 2, describe the factors that have made the coast an attractive area for development (10)
Jan 2011
Study Fig 2 suggest the range of evidence that could be used to show that coastlines such as this
have experienced rapid erosion (10)
May 2010
Describe how physical factors lead to a variety of coastal environments (10)
Jan 2010
Study Figure 2. Suggest reasons why the 2 resorts(Great Yarmouth, UK and Alicante, Spain) have
developed in different ways (10)
May 2009
Study Figure 2 . Suggest how Geographic Information Systems (GIS) help us understand the need
for different types of coastal management strategies (10)
Jan 2009
Study Figure 2. Describe the physical and human features of the coast found in the photograph (10)
B Questions
Jan 2013
May 2012
Describe the fieldwork and research you used to investigate a range of coastal management
schemes (15)
Jan 2012
Describe the results and conclusions of your fieldwork and research into coastal development (15)
May 2011
Describe the fieldwork and research you undertook to investigate the pressure of human activties
on the coast (15)
Jan 2011
For one names stretch of coastline comment on the success of coastal defences (10)

May 2010
Comment on the advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches to evaluating coastal
defences (bipolar and descriptive table with photo) (10)
Jan 2010
Describe the fieldwork and research you would undertake to investigate the impacts of castal
development (15)
May 2009
Many places are experiencing an increased risk of coastal erosion and flooding. Describe how you
would design a programme of fieldwork and research to investigate the effectiveness of coastal
management schemes (15)
Jan 2009
Describe the fieldwork and research you would undertake in order to investigate changes in
coastal landuse over time (15)
C Questions
Jan 2013
May 2012
Using examples, explain how coastal developments can have economic costs and benefits (10)
Jan 2012
Using examples, explain why sustainable approaches to coastal management are used (10)
May 2011
Using examples, explain how coastal development can lead to environmental costs (10)
Jan 2011
Describe the fieldwork and research you undertook to investigate coastal development over time
(15)
May 2010
Describe how techonlogy (digital camera, websites, GIS) and other equipment could assist in the
fieldwork and research in either of the following :
Increased risks from coastal flooding
Increased risks from coastal erosion
NB At SLC we only study COASTAL EROSION!!!!
Jan 2010
Using examples, explain why managing coastal environments increasingly relies on a spectrum of
approaches from 'do nothing'to hard engineering (10)
May 2009
Examine the value of sustainable and integrated approaches to coastal management (10)
Jan 2009
Using examples, explain why the methods of coastal amangement vary from place to place (10)