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• Title: How sustainable is the regeneration of East Village in the Olympic park, Stratford?
• Location

  East Village is in Stratford, East London, Newham. It is easily accessible via the DLR and took roughly 30 minutes to get to. It is a public place that has been recently regenerated for the Olympic games, and was meant to be sustainable.
• To be sustainable means to be able to meet the needs of today without compromising the needs of the future
• The Egan Wheel


  Shows that sustainability is multi-dimensional (eg. socially, economically, environmentally)
• Risks

  • Crossing roads
  • Trips, slips and falls
  • Urban risk - stranger danger
• How did we reduce these risks?

  Crossing roads

  • Made sure to look both ways and cross at sensible places

  Trips, slips and falls

  • Tie laces
  • Wore suitable footwear (trainers)
  • First aid kit available
  • Worked in groups

  Urban risk - stranger danger

  • Worked in groups
  • Had our phones available at all times
  • Had an adult nearby at all times
• Data set collected

  • Interview the public about the area

  Why?

  • Gave a good insight about how the locals feel about the area
  • Very little bias

  Limitations?

  • People may not want to talk to us
• Data presentation method

  • Bar graph
  • Category of sustainable elements (such as transport) on x axis
  • Average Rating /5 from interviewers on y axis

  Why?

  • Visually easy to understand
  • Easy to compare
  • Represents our results

  Limitations?

  • May not be representative of each individual
  • 1 negative result may affect the whole average
• Strength of fieldwork

  • We were approachable and friendly
  • Qualitative and Quantative data
  • Only asked people who live in East Village
• Weakness of fieldwork

  • Time of day and week, people may have been at work = weaker results as it may not get a full insight of the locals
  • People who may have just moved may be more positive than long term residents
• Improvements to our fieldwork

  • Go at different times of the day
  • Only ask long-term residents
  • Ask more people to get a more accurate representation
• Results

  • Most locals felt that the regeneration has been successful
  • The area was very clean and accessible
  • Most people felt that major aspects (such as transport, services and jobs) has been improved since the regeneration
• Types of data

  Primary - Information we gathered

  • Land use

  Secondary - Provided information

  • Build began in 2006 for 2012 Olympics
  • £430,000 for a 1 bedroom flat

  Quantitative - Numerical

  • £430,000 for a 1 bedroom flat

  Qualitative - Descriptive

  • Build began in 2006 for 2012 Olympics
• Sampling methods

  • Random - eg. pick names from a hat
  • Stratified - sort into groups then randomly select in them groups
  • Systematic - every nth person is selected from a list eg. every 5th person