ENVT4411 - Geographic Information Systems Applications - UWA

Assignment Task

Introduction

This is your second piece of written assessment for the unit. It tests the skills and knowledge you have acquired in the unit within all weeks of the unit (particularly the applied skills from labs G - J). This second assignment provides a reflection on your ability to demonstrate comprehensive spatial analysis and cartographic skills using QGIS. The assignment will tailor your spatial analysis to address a specific geographical issue that can benefit from using spatial research to support more effective environmental decision-making. The assignment will allow you to demonstrate your knowledge around map algebra and analysis, data compatibility and standardization, environmental modelling and the use of QGIS spatial analytics.

Scenario

You are acting as a consultant on behalf of a local conservation agency and you have successfully submitted a bid to conduct a GIS-based study to recommend a wildlife corridor based on species interactions and to consider environmental risk for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW).

In proposing your study, you have presented the broad methodology applied in our labs to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Details

For this assignment you will conduct an analysis and generate a report that uses the spatial data provided to you for processing within QGIS. As with your first assignment, you will need to be both precise and concise in reporting your findings. You will need to write your report as if it is being presented to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. You are acting on behalf of a local conservation agency to undertake analysis to spatially investigate the wildfire threats to a selected native species.

• To complete the assignment you are provided with the following information:
• Guidelines on what to include in your report
• A grading matrix on how you will be assessed

To complete your assignment, you will have to use the QGIS skills you have learnt in the labs to process the data provided and produce the required outputs. If you cannot remember how to undertake these analyses, then you will need to refer to the lab instructions and apply them to the new data that you are using for your assignment.

Geography topics

You have been randomly allocated a species from one of the regions below. Download the corresponding data folder from LMS for your chosen topic. You will need to repeat similar processes to those covered in the labs to set up your QGIS project, add the data, process and analyse the data, and produce the mapped outputs. However, be careful to ensure you are answering the required tasks for the assignment (below), as you are not required to undertake all of the processing that you completed for the lab data.

Topic

1: This topic will investigate the environmental threats to your allocated native species in the state of Tasmania

2: This topic will investigate the environmental threats to your allocated native species in the Far North region of Queensland

3: This topic will investigate the environmental threats to your allocated native species in the Hunter River Catchment in New South Wales

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