Hapuna Beach
A day of geographic field research
Written by Daniel McDonnell
The view from behind the sand dunes at Hapuna Beach
On 26 September 2001, our class traveled to Hapuna Beach on the northwest cost of Hawaii. Hapuna Beach, like most Hawaiian beaches, is a public area, and we therefore needed permission to conduct our research. We obtained permission from the Hawaiian parks system to gather data on two contingencies: one that we worked mid-week, so as not to disturb weekend users; and two that we make our findings public.
We conducted four separate research projects and plan to compile the final data gatherings in a Geographic Information System, which will be made public upon its completion. A link to each research topic is provided below which answers two simple questions about each topic: "what is it?" and "why is it relevant in our research?". Conclusions from our data is not included, but will be available in the future.
Field Research Topics; Click each for more information
