{"id":727,"date":"2026-03-30T09:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/?page_id=727"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:58:12","slug":"727-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/727-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 16"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week’s source is a\u00a0<\/span>blog post<\/span><\/a>\u00a0examining the gentrification of urban cities. This is an idea which isn’t hugely covered in the Higher course, but is a growing cause of conversation and study both within the Geography community and the wider public.<\/span><\/p>\n

Issue idea: “<\/span>Is gentrification in [UK City] responsible for – or hindering – socio-economic growth?<\/span>“<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Continue your work from last week on the methodology & evaluation sections of your Geographical Study.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It might also be useful to look at the latest\u00a0<\/span>Course Report<\/span><\/a>, which gives more advice on how to score well in the Geographical Study.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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This week we’ll combine two techniques and collect data which we will later use in some statistical work. Our null hypothesis will be:<\/span><\/p>\n

“There is no relationship between light level and species richness”<\/span><\/p>\n

To do this we will collect data in two ways:<\/span><\/p>\n

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    We will use a\u00a0<\/span>quadrat\u00a0<\/span>to collect information on species richness. Species richness is a measure of biodiversity and is simply the number of different species which are present in a quadrat. (We will also briefly cover other measures which can be made using a quadrat).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    We will use a\u00a0<\/span>light meter<\/span>\u00a0to collect light levels in lux. This is one technique that can be used in microclimate\u00a0 analysis. (We will also briefly cover other weather\/climate measures that can be used as part of a microclimate study).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    We will decide which sampling method is most appropriate for our study – random, systematic or stratified.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Geographical Issues This week’s source is a\u00a0blog post\u00a0examining the gentrification of urban cities. This is an idea which isn’t hugely covered in the Higher course, but is a growing cause of conversation and study both within the Geography community and the wider public. Issue idea: “Is gentrification in [UK City] responsible for – or hindering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40142,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-727","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":730,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/727\/revisions\/730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/SNHGeographyWebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}