Tuesday 30 December 2008

DME - 26th January 2009

The DME is just around the corner, so it is a good time to start our preparation.

This exercise/exam is all about sustainability /sustainable development which we can define as :
"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland, 1987).

The title for the 2009 DME is: CITY CENTRES – VIBRANT HUB OR DEAD HEART?

Sunday 22 June 2008

Footpath erosion - Lulworth 2008

Location: Lulworth

Width of eroded area (mm)

Depth of eroded area (mm)

Other evidence (e.g. footprints, damage to plants)

Path behind Stair Hole

2390

70

No grass, worn pathway

1880

150

1900

70

2100

40

1900

20


Footpath erosion - Studland 2008

Location: Studland

Width of eroded area (mm)

Depth of eroded area (mm)

Other evidence (e.g. footprints, damage to plants)

Path behind the main car park

2370

200

Tree roots, artificial step to hold soil, width of duckboards – 930 mm

2400

290

2410

220

2190

410


Wednesday 18 June 2008

Litter survey - Lulworth 2008

Location: Lulworth

11th June

12th June

13th June

Beach

none

1 can

3 cig butts

N/A

Car Park

N/A

2 lollypop sticks

1 shoe lace

1 paper wrapper

1 cig butt

1 bottle cap

1 lollypop stick

Field above Cove

1 plastic wrapper

2 paper wrappers

1 tissue

none

N/A
Visitor Centre

2 cig butts

4 cig butts

2 paper wrappers

1 tissue

1 plastic wrapper

9 cig butts

4 plastic wrappers

2 bottle caps

1 tissue

1 lollypop stick


Litter survey - Studland 2008

Location: Studland

11th June

12th June

13th June

Beach

none

2 lollypop sticks

2 plastic wrappers

2 paper wrappers

1 plastic wrapper

Car Park

2 paper wrappers

1 plastic wrapper

1 paper wrapper

1 plastic cup

1 plastic wrapper

1 cig butt

1 foil

1 tissue

1 plastic wrapper

1 bottle cap

Behind dunesnone

1 tissue

2 plastic wrappers

2 cig butts

none
Visitor Centre

5 lollypop sticks

1 plastic wrapper

1 cig butt

3 paper wrappers

1 plastic wrapper

1 paper wrapper

Tuesday 17 June 2008

Car park survey - Lulworth 2008

Type of vehicle

11th June

12th June

13th June

Cars

216

155

184

Coaches/ buses

9

2

9

Lorries

0

0

1

Motorbikes

1

5

0

Vans

3

7

5

Cycles

0

0

0


Car park survey - Studland 2008

Type of vehicle

11th June

12th June

13th June

Cars

70

37

32

Coaches/ buses

3

1

3

Lorries

0

0

0

Motorbikes

1

0

0

Vans

6

3

7

Cycles

0

0

0


Tuesday 20 May 2008

How was the Old Harry formed?

Europe - 18 000 years ago (http://www.geography-site.co.uk/)

In and around 20,000 years ago the area that would later reform the British Isles was mainly covered by a thick sheet of ice. This was during the last maximum expansion of the polar ice caps when sea levels were about 120 meters lower than today.


After a period of about 18000 BC - 16000 BC the thick glacial ice could expand no more and slowly began to melt or evaporate. At the same time the sea levels slowly began to increase.

Wednesday 7 May 2008

Geology of the Isle of Purbeck

Source: Geofile Online, April 2002, 420