LESSON 13.13 Inquiry: Coastal environment case study
LEARNING INTENTION By the end of this lesson you should be able to describe coastal processes, threats and the management strategies of a particular coastal environment. Background For this inquiry, you will investigate and evaluate coastal processes and management strategies at a coastal location of your choosing. You can choose a coastal environment which is close to your home or perhaps one which you’ve visited before on a holiday. Use these steps to complete your inquiry activity. Before you begin Access the Inquiry rubric in the digital documents section of the Resources panel to guide you in completing this task at your level. At the end of the inquiry task you can use this rubric to self-assess. Inquiry steps Step 1: Questioning and researching using geographical methods Choose any coastal environment to use as your case study. Conduct research on this location using these questions to guide your investigation: • Where is your chosen location? • What are the dominant coastal processes that occur at your location? • Describe the extent of human activity at your location. • Identify any existing or potential issues that could be caused by the observed coastal processes or by human activity. • Identify any existing management strategies that are currently being used in your location. Step 2: Interpreting and analysing geographical data and information For this section, you will need to use your research data and your knowledge of the relationship between coastal processes and management strategies. If there are management strategies being used at your location, determine the effectiveness of these strategies. In other words, have the strategies been successful? If so, what evidence supports your observations? Step 3: Concluding and decision-making If the existing management strategies have been unsuccessful, what strategies could potentially be used at your location to solve the issues which you have previously identified? Consider both hard and soft management techniques as possible solutions. Explain which strategies you would use and what impacts you would hope to see in the future. Step 4: Communicating Prepare a report about your chosen location, its coastal processes and threats, as well as existing coastal management strategies to mitigate these threats. The report can be in any appropriate format, such as a written report, slide show or video, and should include visual information such as photographs and maps. The report should also evaluate the effectiveness of the existing management strategies.
TOPIC13 Landforms and landscapes – diversity, significance and management 349
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