Geographic Information Systems and Science assessment
For the assessment of this course you will combine the cartographic and GIScience skills you have learned over the last 10 weeks to showcase your abilities as a fully rounded spatial analyst.
Your task is to carry out a mini research project which answers a pertinent or topical geo-spatial question/hypothesis/issue in a logical, scientific and reproducible manner.
A pertinent or topical question is relevant to: (a) a contemporary debate, (b) a current environmental, political, social economic or equality issues or (c) a widely recognised problem. For example, in 2020/21, such topics in the UK may include (although certainly not exclusively limited to) the Climate Crisis, COVID-19, Fake News, the US elections, Brexit, Black-Lives-Matter, the Obesity Crisis, inequalities and biodiversity loss, but other topics may well be relevant for other parts of the world (see FAQs below for further guidance).
Your project can be located anywhere on Earth and at any spatial scale (e.g. local, national, international) but must involve analysis of some appropriate spatial data (raster, vector or both). You must not directly reuse the data we provided in the practical sessions (see FAQs below for further guidance).
You are required to construct a spatial problem (research question or hypothesis) founded upon relevant and pertinent literature (e.g. academic and policy). You must test your research question or hypothesis with appropriate and reproducible geographic data analysis. The output results should be crtically reflected upon in relation to academic literature and relevant policies, clearly demonstrating how your spatial analysis provides new insights, supports (or contradicts) policy decisions, enhances existing work or shows geographic trends.
This work should include the cover sheet.
Geographic Information Systems and Science assessment
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