Stage 1 - Planning

Aim

To investigate the location of land-use zones along a transect in the urban area of portadown

Whats a hypothesis?

A statement of what the geographical theory suggests should happen

Hypothesis 1

There are more commercial land uses and pubic buildings on the ground floor closer to the CBD than towards the edge of the urban fringe

Hypothesis 2

The type of houses varies along the transect from the CBD to the edge of the urban area of portadown

Hypothesis 3

Pedestrian numbers decrease with distance from the CBD

Primary data

Data you collected directly yourself during fieldwork as a result of measurement or obervations

Primary data - pros and cons

• + Up to date

• + It is tailored exactly to what you need to assess your hypothesis and fulfil your aim

• + You can be confident of its accuracy

• - Time consuming to collect

Primary data - source and purpose

data collected along transect in portadown eg. land use population

purpose

• To investigate our hypothesis

• fulfill our aim

Secondary data

Data collected by someone else or by another organisation

secondary data - pros and cons

• + already collected, saves time in data collection

• + often more extensive

• - may be outdated

• - may not be in correct format for you to use to test your hypothesis

secondary data - source and purpose

A3 sheet map of portadown 1:10,000 scale

purpose

• Understand study area

• where we collect our data

CCEA GCSE textbook 3rd Edition Geography

purpose

• Understand theory behind our investigation to help create hypothesis

Accessibility

Can you get access to the place you need to in order

Geographical factors

Will you be able to collect geographical data here that is relevant to your aim?