The following generic Enquiry Tasks are available for candidates who receive their award in 2014. Generic task for the The tasks are linked to the Page in Page fieldwork Enquiry following enquiry questions specification No. from the specification 1 An investigation into the 1.3 How do these landforms and 14 1-8 effects of river processes processes affect the lives of on the lives of people. people living along rivers? 4 An investigation of 1.2 What are the push / 16 9-11 pull factors that produce factors that produce rural – rural-urban migration in a urban migration and urban – specified area. rural migration? 5 An investigation into the 1.2 What are the benefits of 17 13-14 benefits of globalisation globalisation and why do in a specified area. some see it as a threat? 6 An investigation into 1.2 What are the regional 17 15-17 patterns of quality of life patterns of economic and/or in one rural region. social development in one country? 7 An investigation into the 1.1 What processes are 18 19-20 processes associated associated with the sea? with the sea along a defined stretch of coast which has depositional landforms. 9 An investigation of a sand 1.1 How does the physical 19 21-23 dune ecosystem. environment interact with living things to produce different large scale ecosystems? or 2.1 In what ways do people use ecosystems? 10 An investigation of 1.2 In what ways and why is 20 25-26 changing patterns of tourism changing? tourism in a specified area. 11 An investigation of high 2.2 How is retailing changing 20 27-29 street retail change in a and what effects does this specified town/city. have upon people and the environment?
The following generic Enquiry Tasks are available for candidates who receive their award in 2014. Generic task for the fieldwork Enquiry The tasks are linked to the following enquiry questions from the specification Page in specification Page No. 1 An investigation into the effects of river processes on the lives of people. 1.3 How do these landforms and processes affect the lives of people living along rivers? 14 1-8 4 An investigation of factors that produce rural-urban migration in a specified area. 1.2 What are the push / pull factors that produce rural – urban migration and urban – rural migration? 16 9-11 5 An investigation into the benefits of globalisation in a specified area. 1.2 What are the benefits of globalisation and why do some see it as a threat? 17 13-14 6 An investigation into patterns of quality of life in one rural region. 1.2 What are the regional patterns of economic and/or social development in one country? 17 15-17 7 An investigation into the processes associated with the sea along a defined stretch of coast which has depositional landforms. 1.1 What processes are associated with the sea? 18 19-20 9 An investigation of a sand dune ecosystem. 1.1 How does the physical environment interact with living things to produce different large scale ecosystems? or 2.1 In what ways do people use ecosystems? 19 21-23 10 An investigation of changing patterns of tourism in a specified area. 1.2 In what ways and why is tourism changing? 20 25-26 11 An investigation of high street retail change in a specified town/city. 2.2 How is retailing changing and what effects does this have upon people and the environment? 20 27-29
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