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DOING GEOGRAPHIC FIELDWORK
The Local Landscape| Fall 2017
People’s perspective of a small town and a big
city
Forest Grove
Research Goal
What do Forest Grove residents see as the link
between their town and Portland?
Semi-Structured Interview
Age, Sex, Occupation
How long have you lived in Forest Grove?
Where did you live previously?
Do you work in Forest Grove? If not, where do you
work?
Where in Portland to you go? What is the purpose
of your visit?
How would you describe your experiences in
Portland?
Semi-Structured Interview
Do you enjoy spending time in Portland? Explain.
If there were anything from Portland that you could bring
to Forest Grove, what would it be?
What is the one thing you hope never comes to Forest
Grove from Portland?
Do you think that proximity to Portland helps or hinder the
local economy? Society? Culture? How?
Have you experienced any change in Forest Grove since
moving/living here? For example, population
demographics, characteristics of the town, behaviors,
industry, activities/programs/clubs?
Field Map
Field Notes
Sunday 11:45am,
Sitting on main street –
there is not much going
on.
“There aren’t many
places to sit or ‘hang
out’ on Main street.
I’ve seen two benches
– one on each side of
the road”
Interview Summary tables
Interview Summary tables
Detecting an urbanization gradient using land
cover, winter foraging guilds and feeding
stations in two Southeast Portland neighborhoods
Bird Feeder Surveys
Research Goal
Determine patterns of local-scale bird species
presence by analyzing land cover and feeding
station characteristics
Bird Feeder Survey
Address
Do you currently have a bird feeder installed on
your property or intentionally feed birds in some
other way?
If so, approximately how long have you been
feeding birds (years, months)?
How many feeding stations are on your property
How often do you replenish your feeding station(s)?
Where on your property is/are your feeding
stations located?
Two neighborhoods
Woodstock / Mt. Scott
Hazelwood / Mill Park
Transects
Transects
Feeding station surveys conducted within each
transect in Single-family residences
Land cover data used to assess vegetation and
impervious surfaces
Bird surveys conducted; visual and auditory surveys
while walking along transects to collect data on
species, abundance and location
Response Rates
Results
Results
Results
Results
Results
Portlandness: A Cultural Atlas
Psychogeography
Research Goal
Create a set of atlas pages that captures
psychogeography of Portland
Psychogeography is “the study of precise laws and
specific effects of the geographical environment,
consciously organized or not, on the emotions and
behavior of individuals”
Forest resource use, land-use, and ecotourism in
the Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras
Semi-Structured Interviews
Research Goal
Identify factors influencing forest resource use in
subsistent agricultural communities and the potential
for ecotourism development.
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