List of Investigation Topics 2012-16

2016
1. Traffic patterns in a local area
2. Population in a local area
3. A local environmental issue
4.Changing land use in a local area
5. Local weather patterns
6. The impact of geomorphic process/processes and/or human activity on the development of landform(s) in a glaciated or fluvial or coastal or karst environment.

2015
1. An analysis of the relationship between land use and pedestrians.
2. A study of population change.
3. Water pollution, A local study.
4. An investigation of the relationship between economic activity and a local
area.
5. An investigation of the geomorphic process of erosion in a fluvial or coastal
or glaciated environment.
6. An examination of traffic management in a local area

2014
1. A study of the geomorphic processes of transportation and deposition in a fluvial or coastal or glaciated environment.
2. An investigation of the impact of human activity on the geomorphic processes in a fluvial or coastal or glaciated environment.
3. Analysis of the relationship between land-use and traffic flow in a local area.
4. A study of waste management in a local area.
5. Changing demographic patterns in a local area.
6. A study of local weather patterns.

2013
1. A study of local traffic patterns.
2. A local environmental issue.
3. Changing land-use in a local area – a study of spatial change and change
through time.
4. A local demographic study.
5. Test the hypothesis that erosion is an active process in a fluvial or glacial or
coastal environment.
6. Investigate how geology effects the landscape in a local area.


 2012
1. A study of one landform evident on the Irish landscape formed by geographic processes.
2. Study the relationship between economic activity and traffic flow in a local area.
3. Analyse the change in land-use patterns from the Central Business District (CBD) outwards in a local area over time.
4. Water pollution: a study of a local stream or river.
5. Demographic change in a local setting.
6. A survey of the distribution of economic activities past and present in a local area.