URBAN FEILDWORK ASSIGNMENT - Q6

Geographical enquiry (title)

Does environmental quality improve with distance to the CBD?

Location

London

Section of London I used for the CBD

The West End area

Aim

To compare the CBD with other areas of the urban environment (london)

Hypothesis 1

Noise and air pollution levels are higher in the CBD compared to more residential

suburban areas

Hypothesis 2

Littering and waste levels are higher in the CBD

Hypothesis 3

Poorer air quality due to traffic congestion and waiting cars.

Sampling strategies

I used systematic sampling

Where did you start and why

WHERE - The roundabout next to Trafalger Square

WHY - It is close to the centre of the CBD and allows me to easily go in different directions with a centre to go from

How many directions did I go from the round about?

6

What distances did I go between collecting data

200m

How far in each direction did I go

2 km

What did I do at turns in the road taking me off course

Taking the one that allowed me to go as straight as possible

How did I show my route using quantitative data

I highlighted the routes I took on a map and used dots in a different colour to show every 200m stop

How did you collect quantitative data

Using a score sheet that included 5 categories

What were the 5 categories

• Condition of buildings

• Traffic conjestion

• Open/green space

• Shops and services

• Litter

How could results be unreliable?

1. The results of some of the points (traffic) will differ depending on the time of day, if I had gone out at 11 am on a working Monday morning compared to 3-4 pm on a working Friday traffic would be very different.

2. I was the only person scoring the area, so results could have been biased

How did you collect quantitative data

• Taking a panoramic (360º) photo of where i was standing, and marking litter

• Counting number of cars queuing is a traffic light is where I was

How did I use secondary data

Measuring air quality in the area I was in

What site did I use to calculate the air quality

IQair.com

How did I present my data?

Used a spider chart to show my results from the score sheet

Presented my annotated images

Showed my highlighted map

Weaknesses of my study

I did not present much qualitative data, which gives my reults less accurate findings

Strengths

I collected both secondary and primary data and visted the site myself