Synoptic Unit 6476 South Downs National Park

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Synoptic Unit - 6476 - South Downs National Park
National park Nitrate fertilisers Greenfield
sites Population structure/pyramid Ancient
woodlands Long distance paths Chalk
Grassland Water meadows Village Infill
CPRE Barn conversion Ramblers
association Umbrella Group AONBs Aquifers Cou
ntryside Agency Access to the
countryside Act 1949 Arable Horticultural
cropping Scrub Invasion
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National Parks decision making process
April 2000
Decision to designate
Government
Public consultation on proposals
2001-2002
Countryside agency, interested parties
May-August 2002
Statutory consultation
Countryside agency, local authorities
Public Inquiry
2003-2004
As above plus secretary of state
Designation Order
December 2002
Countryside Agency
Secretary of States decision
Dec 2005?
Government
National Park Authority created - park in place
2007-2008
Government
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Useful Web Sites

• www.cnp.org.uk (Council for National parks)
• www.vic.org.uk (South Downs Virtual Information
  Centre)
• www2.countryside.gov.uk (Countryside Agency)
• www.chichester.gov.uk (Chichester District
  Council)
• www.edexcel.org.uk (Edexcel website - for copies
  of resource booklet)

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National Park Management and funding
Decision to designate
Countryside Agency
Government
National Park Authorities
Central government
75 of funds
NPA made up of government appointees and county,
district and parish councillors
Local Authorities
25 of funds
National Park Management Plan
Reimbursed by government
Local residents
Visitors
Local and regional business
Park Environment
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Sketch Mapping stages

• Sketch a rough outline of the park boundary from
  Fig 1
• Mark on as points the following urban areas
• Winchester - Brighton and Hove
• Portsmouth/Gosport - Seaford
• Chichester - Barnham
• Bognor - Alton
• Arundel - Petersfield
• Littlehampton and Worthing
• Mark on the mainline railway routes
• Mark on the following roads
• A27 - A286 - A26
• A3 - A282/3 - A259
• M27 - A29
• Mark on the River Arun

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Sketch Mapping stages

• Locate Goodwood Estate and Racetrack to the North
  of Chichester
• Shade the following landscape areas
• Sussex Wealden Greensands (yellow)
• Chalk uplands and valleys (greens and purple)
• Draw on the route of the South Downs Way
• On your transparent overlay annotate and locate
  the following issues
• Urban sprawl/housing pressure (red arrows?)
• Honeypot locations
• Possible congestion
• Footpath erosion
• Village change
• Damage by agriculture to landscapes
• Route of new A27 link
• Sensitive ecosystems
• Homework - add and annotate additional issues and
  features onto your overlayPlusget hold of
  reading on Housing Pressure in the Southeast -
  check government plans!

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Analysis Techniques

• You can use the following techniques in two ways
• 1) To analyse data in your exam - include the
  technique in answers
• 2) To show awareness of how a technique can be
  used to analyse information - by referring to the
  technique in your answers
• Types of technique relevant here
• Critical Path Analysis CPA - e.g. to ID best
  location for new housing developments or route of
  A27 - essentially a flowcharting technique to
  show the sequence of developments and select most
  relevant (pp33-5)
• Sieve mapping - to examine threats to specific
  locations and habitats (pp30-32)
• Impact Analysis - simple version of CBA -
  economic, environmental, social (pp29-30)
• CBA - requires monetary data - hard to find
  (pp27-29)
• Conflict matrix - in favour or against the
  development (p27)
• Bi-polar analysis - to examine whether the
  proposed NP will meet its own objectives (pp20-1)
• Scaling - in combination with EIA - see handouts
• Tabulation - you have already done this!
  (pp12-15)
• Make sure you have completed reading on the above
  ideas using the revision guides...

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Analysis Techniques

• Tasks to carry out
• 1) Complete a simple conflict matrix for the
  different interest groups and organisations shown
  in the sources - do not assume though that
  certain groups hold set views - go on the
  evidence in the sources
• 2) Complete the EIA sheet
• 3) Create and complete an impact analysis table -
  be careful to refer to the data and evidence for
  your decisions - you could do this by including
  fig numbers
• 4) Create a table to examine whether the proposed
  NP will meet its aims (Fig 5.1)
• 5) Learn and list the analysis techniques and
  explain which could be used in any decision
  making aspects of the proposed NP
• Carry these out at home to form part of your
  final preparation for the exam

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EIA Matrix Layout