iGeo 2019, Теренна работа, тест — Задача 1. Question 1

Fieldwork Test: Question paper

Sustainable Development of Sai Kung Town

Time allowed: 120 minutes [Total score: 40]

This question paper and its appendix contain a total of 16 pages.

Using the information provided in the Appendix and maps 1a and draft map, together with the data you collected at the fieldwork sites, answer ALL 6 questions.

Fieldwork Exercise

You will have 15 minutes to read the instruction of this exercise and the question paper before you begin the tasks. You should use this time to write your student number and your name in the spaces provided on the question paper and maps.

General Instructions:

• This is an individual exercise. Do NOT work together in a group.
• During the full day exercise, no mobile phones and other electronic devices such as cameras and tablets are permitted. You will be disqualified if found.
• Do not ask other students for assistance! You can only seek help from the volunteers. They are wearing green iGeo badges and will be stationed around the designated fieldwork area and at the three fieldwork stations.
• It is your responsibility to manage your time and plan your route.
• Act quickly but do not rush, be especially careful when crossing roads, parking areas and so forth.
• Each student is permitted a pocket-size English dictionary to use during the fieldwork tasks. It shall contain no written notes or supplement sheets of paper. Volunteers will inspect your dictionary before the tasks commence.
• In the unlikely event that you lose your way, head to the coast by walking in the opposite direction of the mountains.
• In case of an emergency, go to fieldwork stations (ST1, ST2 or ST3) and call Kolo at (852)9836 7165 or Lincoln at (852)9608 8119. If necessary, call 999 in an extreme emergency.

Field Site Introduction:

You are now in Sai Kung Town, a town located in the eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. Traditionally, it was a fishing village. In the 1970s, when the High Island Reservoir¹ was constructed by the damming of a strait, residents who originally lived in the area on the sea and in flooded villages were resettled in Sai Kung Town. Nowadays, the town is the home of a population numbered around 6,700 (2016). The percentage of residents who own a private vehicle in Sai Kung Town and the rural South-eastern New Territories were the highest among all districts in Hong Kong (at 42.3% in 2011).

The Fieldwork Tasks:

• This fieldwork exercise is divided into two tasks taking place at different sites.
• You will be assigned to either Task 1 or Task 2 in the morning. After lunch you will switch and work on the other task. After completion of both tasks, all participants will return to the Education University.
• The question paper of the assigned task will be distributed to you before each of the tasks. You should check and inform the leader in the beginning of the task in case there is a page missing.
• Make sure you have written your student number and your name in the spaces provided on the question paper and maps.
• You will need to complete all the data collection within the time allocated, and return the completed question paper package to a location given to you in the question paper at the end of each task.

The Fieldwork Test:

• The fieldwork tasks will be followed by a 2-hour written test in the evening.
• In the test, (i) Map 1a; (ii) the Draft Map; (iii) Question papers of task 1 and (iv) task 2 will be distributed back to you. You will need to make reference to the data collected at the sites.

Recommendation: Make good use of the notes page of the question papers of the fieldwork tasks.

¹ Currently the largest water supply reservoir in Hong Kong, with a storage capacity of 280 million m³.

Plate C7: Statistics of Sai Kung Town:

• 2016 Population: 6707; Median age of residents: 47.
• Labour force (participation rate): 3669 (60.8%).
• Median floor area of accommodation: 42 m².
• 2018 – 2019: 18 millions of visitors to Hong Kong. And 0.9% of all visitors had visited Sai Kung Waterfront / Town according to a survey carried out in 2011.