Methods

• method 1 - traffic count

  • train station / church street
  • counted vehicle type for 3 mins in both directions
• method 1 - traffic count - positive

  • easy to carry out
  • no specialist equipment needed
  • provides data to test the hypothesis
• method 1 - traffic count - negative

  • human error
  • may miss some vehicles
  • only visited on one day
• method 2 - land use transect

  • both sides of the street
  • church street
  • name of shop
  • and whether it favours tourists or locals
• method 2 - land use transect - positives

  • easy to carry out
  • no specialist equipment required
  • data to test the hypothesis
• method 2 - land use transect - negatives

  • only visited one street
  • subjective - opinion based
• method 3 - environmental quality survey

  • train station / church street
  • scored 8 factors between 1 and 10
• method 3 - environmental quality survey - positives

  • data to test hypothesis
  • easy to do
  • no specialist equipment needed
• method 3 - environmental quality survey - negatives

  • subjective
  • opinion based
  • only visited 2 sites