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2017 Promotional Examination II Pre-University 2 GEOGRAPHY (HIGHER 2) 9751/02 Paper 2 Data Response Questions 12 September 2017 3 Hours Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper 1 Insert INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Suggested Responses ___________________________________________________________________ This document consists of 5 printed pages, 1 blank page and 1 Insert. [Turn over Name: ______________________ Admission No: Class:

2 Section A Theme 4: Geographical Investigation 1 A group of Geography students are interested to investigate the effectiveness of recent state-led efforts to improve urban liveability in Singapore. They selected the neighbourhoods of Kallang and Punggol for their investigation. Kallang is an inner city neighbourhood while Punggol is a planned new town. The group of students were allocated three days for field investigation. They have access to secondary data detailing the range of implemented stage-led efforts to improve liveability in Kallang and Punggol extracted from the URA Master Plan (2013). Resource 1 details the recent state-led efforts to improve urban liveability in Kallang. Resource 2 details the recent state-led efforts to improve urban liveability in Punggol. Resource 3 shows the survey questionnaire results that the students have collected from the neighbourhood of Kallang. (a) Suggest a suitable research question for the students’ investigation with reference to Resources 1 and 2, and state three reasons why the research question is at a suitable scale. [4] (b) Explain possible risks that the students might have to confront when conducting the research investigation and suggest ways to mitigate them. [4] (c) Recommend and explain other data collection methods to supplement the findings as shown in Resource 3. [5] (d) Select a suitable data representation method and sketch resident’s perception of the environmental impacts of recent state-led efforts to improve urban liveability using information as shown in Resource 3. [3] (e) Evaluate the usefulness of the investigation in understanding the impacts of recent state-led efforts to improve urban liveability in Singapore. [9]

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