Regeneration (Edexcel AS Geography): Exam Questions

Study Figure 3.

Figure 3
Pedestrians passing two locations at 30-minute intervals between 8am and 12 noon

State the range of the data for location A.

Suggest whether A or B is more likely to be closer to the location of the regeneration project.

Suggest two ways secondary data could be used to investigate the success of such regeneration projects.

Study Figure 2a.

Figure 2a
Percentage (%) growth of jobs in London and the UK, 2006–2016

Identify which one of the following statements is correct.

Calculate the difference between the % growth in jobs in London and the UK in 2011.

Answer = ...........................................%

Study Figure 3.

Figure 3

Environmental quality in two contrasting locations in the students’ local town Scores rnge from −4 to +4, where −4 is the lowest score for each category

Explain how secondary data sources could be used to investigate the reasons for differences in environmental quality.

Students interviewed tourists on Swanage seafront as part of an investigation into perceptions of the town. They used a stratified sampling method to select those they interviewed.

Suggest why this method was chosen.

Study Figure 8.

Figure 8
A word cloud about tourists’ perceptions of Swanage, a seaside town in Dorset
(Word size is proportional to the number of responses)

This word cloud was created by a student to present and analyse responses to an open question about perceptions of Swanage.

Describe the findings shown in Figure 8.

Explain one strength and one weakness of this method of data presentation.

Strength..............................................................................................

Weakness............................................................................................

Study Figure 3

Figure 3
Derelict land in selected local authorities in Scotland in 2017

Suggest one reason why the amount of derelict land might differ between these local authorities.

Describe two different viewpoints shown in media sources about the need for regeneration in your chosen local place.

Local place:......................................................

Viewpoint 1:......................................................................................................

Viewpoint 2:.....................................................................................................

Explain why local opinions may differ about ways to regenerate places.

Study Figure 4.

Figure 4
The students’ transect through Haringey (a local authority in north London) plotted on an Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) map

A group of students travelled by minibus along the route shown in Haringey, north London and used secondary data on multiple deprivation to support their fieldwork.

Describe the change in the level of multiple deprivation along the transect.

State one advantage and one disadvantage of displaying data using a choropleth map, as shown in Figure 4.

The students carried out an Environmental Quality Survey (EQS) in the 16 LSOAs along the route. The lower the number out of 20, the lower the environmental quality.

Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was chosen to test the statistical relationship between EQS and IMD.

State a suitable null hypothesis the students could use to test the relationship between environmental quality and multiple deprivation.

Their partially-completed table to calculate the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient is shown in Figure 5.

Complete the missing data in Figure 5 below.

Figure 5

The students used the Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient formula to calculate R and their result was 0.944.

They used a critical values table, shown in Figure 6, to decide if they should accept or reject their null hypothesis.

Figure 6
Table of critical values for Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (R)

Explain why they should accept or reject their null hypothesis.

You have also carried out fieldwork about Regenerating Places.

Assess the accuracy and reliability of the methods used to collect primary data for your own enquiry.

Geographical enquiry question:

Define the term ‘lived experience of a place’.

Study Figure 2a.

Figure 2a
Voting behaviour by age group
(as sampled after the 2017 general election by Yougov)

Identify which one of the following statements is correct.

Study Figure 2b .

Figure 2b
Voting behaviour by educational level
(as sampled after the 2017 general election by Yougov)

Calculate the percentage (%) of those who voted, with ‘Medium’ qualifications.

Suggest one reason why those with a ‘Low’ educational level were less likely to vote.

Assess why conflicts may occur between stakeholders involved in the regeneration of places.

A student used secondary data about average house prices along a transect in London, as part of research on where regeneration was needed.

Study Figure 3 .

Figure 3
Average house prices along a London Underground train line, 2017

Describe the variation in average house prices from central to east London.

State one strength and one weakness of using average data to compare areas.

Explain how one qualitative and one quantitative technique could be used as part of the student’s primary data collection into regeneration.

You have also carried out fieldwork and research into Regenerating Places.

Assess the contribution of the secondary research data you used in investigating your geographical enquiry question.

Research question:

Study Figure 2 .

Figure 2
Proposed expansion at Heathrow Airport

Calculate the length of the proposed new runway at Heathrow.

.............................................................km

Identify the approximate area of the proposed airport expansion.

Suggest one reason local people in Harmondsworth may object to the expansion of Heathrow Airport.

Explain the factors that may lead residents to have a low level of engagement in their local community.

Study Figure 3 (opens in a new tab) in the below link which shows Chapeltown, near Sheffield, UK, which has undergone economic change.

Students collected data in this town on one day in November 2016 to investigate the changes.

Identify the building at location 352967.

State the 6-digit grid reference for the mast south-east of Mortomley.

The students started at the roundabout on the B6546, in Chapeltown. Each group collected data every 200m as they walked along one of the roads.

Identify the sampling method they used.

Identify two hazards that should be included in a risk assessment for fieldwork in an urban location.

You have collected data during your fieldwork relating to Regenerating Places.

You then used a number of data presentation methods.

Assess how effective these were in showing the results of your fieldwork.

Research question:

Study Figures 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d.

Figure 4a
Industrial change in Swansea

Figure 4b
Challenges faced by Swansea

Figure 4c
Derelict factory site in 1960 and Meridian Tower waterfront development in 2008

Figure 4d
Some strategies used and planned to manage environmental challenges in Swansea

Swansea faces many challenges.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the strategies shown in meeting these.