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.