Sustainability- Studland + Boscombe

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What is sustainability?

Meeting the needs of today without sacrificing the needs of tomorrow

Balancing social, economic and environmental needs

Why study sustainability?

• learn and develop awareness of climate change

• preserve world for future generations

Name and describe the site of investigation (human).

Boscombe

• a suburb of Bournemouth

• on the SE facing coast of Swanage

What is the enquiry question for Boscombe?

How has the Boscombe regeneration project helped make a more sustainable community?

What are the key questions?

Has regeneration promoted:

1. economic sustainability?

2. environmental sustainability?

3. social sustainability?

What was the Boscombe regeneration project?

urban renewal initiative

aimed at revitalizing Boscombe

by boosting tourism and

addressing social and economic issues.

What were the 4 types of data collection undertaken?

• Environmental quality survey

• Clone town survey

• Health on the high street

• Seafront land use survey

Environmental quality survey: Describe

• method

1. Followed a transact from 1km inland to coast, stopping every 200m.

2. Each location, surveyed LGV, building quality, greenery, open space

3. Bipolar scale of -2 to +2 used

4. Measured urban deprivation by ticking boxes on evidence of junked vehicles, derelict buildings, drugs/alcohol, excessive rubbish.

Environmental quality survey: justify

• data type

• method

• qualitative- if positive scores, scheme has impacted them positively

• using a transact ensured we covered a large area, across many sites and provided order.

• systematic sampling = no bias and steady pattern of data

Environmental quality survey: evaluate

• pros

• cons

pros:

• numerical system = easy comparison

• systematic- removes bias

• time efficient

cons:

• subjective allocations

• hard to spot HMOs

• systematic sampling could mean we missed a factor

What is a clone town?

towns dominated by global chains, with little to no representation of local stores/services

Clone town survey: describe

• method

1. Walked along the high street, keeping tally on the types of shops and services available.

   • independent/chain

2. formula used to work out whether it was clone town or home town

Clone town survey: justify

• data collection

• method

• comprehensive- 50 diff services

• an economically thriving town won’t have vacant buildings

• local shops will lead to multiplier effect

  • increase sphere of influence

Clone town survey: evaluate

• pros

• cons

pros:

• quantitative- non-biased, easy to compare

• quick + easy

• used to reflect the town as a whole

cons:

• shops weren’t listed on survey

• shops looked independent but were chains

• only measured part of the high street

• didn’t account for the state of the buildings

Health on the high street: describe

• method

1. Walked along street, tallying the outlets sorted into positives and negatives, with corresponding Richter scores.

2. Tally creates overall score, determining ‘health’ of high street.

Health on the high street: justify

• method

• data type

• quantitative- reduces bias by assigning objective value of services

• reflects conditions of residents (gambling vs pharmacies)

Health on the high street: evaluate

• pros

• cons

pros:

• data unbiased + easy to compare

• universal scale- objective

• large sampling size

• easy and quick

cons:

• human error risk

• some shops missed

• only part of street measured

• categories outdated/mislabelled (vape shops)

Seafront land use survey: describe

• method

1. Premade regeneration initiatives on an aerial view of the pier.

2. We walked to each star, assessed which feature we saw and labelled it.

Seafront land use survey: justify

• method

shows us how the regeneration features of the beach are being used.

Seafront land use survey: evaluate

• pros

• cons

pros:

• useful in showing the features on beach + pier

• quick + easy

cons:

• time restraints meant we could not see the whole area

• we don’t know the impact

The secondary data sources for Boscombe + impact

crime from police.uk

census data- but some factors are averaged values of the area, so small variations are unclear

Health on the high street- presentation

• type

• evaluation

• table

pros:

• clear organisation of data

• clear + simple comparison

cons:

• lack of visual appeal + impact

• harder to read- cluttered with datasets

Clone town survey- presentation

• type

• evaluation

coloured table

pros

• coloured continuum shows range of values

• visually impactful

• quick identification of categories

• shows data as a spectrum

cons:

• lacks precision

• oversimplification of data using a continuum

• colour perception issues

Environmental quality survey- presentation

• type

• evaluation

bipolar bar graph

• pros

  • visually effective

  • easy to spot high/low values

• cons

  • cluttered with larger datasets

radar graphs

• pros

  • shows multivariate data well at once

  • shows overall performance in an intuitive way- more area = higher values

• cons

  • hard to compare many sites on one graph

  • harder to read for those unfamiliar with graph

What did the health of the high street tell us?

score of 0.25- healthy

• higher than data from 2022- suggests improvement

• empty stores present- negative

What did sea front land use tell us?

13 new initiatives- schemes have been focused on sea front

despite low scores in town, the coast will add social + economic sustainability (new flats)

What did the environmental quality survey tell us?

ratings generally rise closer to coast

• from negatives/2s to 6s/7s

• suggests inland areas are less sustainable- less regeneration

What did the clone town survey tell us?

64.3 suggests High Street is quite unique and will be an asset- positive multiplier effect

What did census data tell us?

high deprivation→ reduce sustainability because of people’s inability to invest in area- blocks positive multiplier effect.

people will enter cycles of poverty.

What did crime data tell us?

high crime- mostly further inland.

the trend of less sustainability inland will continue

people won’t want to move

more people turn to violence/crime as deprivation rises

negative spiral

Conclusions drawn for Boscombe.

regeneration

• more sustainable

• safer areas- Honeycombe flats

• investment in beach- increases footfall

• but flats are second homes

• seasonal visitors

• tourists are catered to by services/shops

• many schemes for tourists which is good for tourism but not for a young person settle/work

• less development inland