UNSEEN FIELDWORK

• 5 STAGES OF ENQUIRY

  • COME UP WITH QUESTION
  • DATA COLLECTION
  • DATA PRESENTATION
  • CONCLUDING RESULTS
  • EVALUATION
• STAGE 1 - EQ

  human fieldwork - study of urban environments

  urban areas

  industrial change (employment changing an area)

  environmental impacts
• STAGE 2 DATA COLLECTION

  • TRAFFIC COUNT
  • LAND USE MAP
• STAGE 2 - TRAFFIC COUNT

  indication of how busy an area or high street is
• STAGE 2 - LAND USE MAP

  shows how area is currently being used

  plot shops, services, primary/secondary sectors
• STAGE 3 - DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS (traffic count)

  DIVIDED BAR GRAPH. Divide percentage of each type of transport

  PROS - clear and easy to understand, ideal for comparisons

  CONS - difficult to see percentage of subdivided section

  IMPROVEMENTS - use GIS to add results to map. label percentages of each type of transport
• STAGE 3 - DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS (land use map)

  PROS - visual, data presented spatially

  CONS - limited annotations

  IMPROVEMENTS - use GIS to type, add photos to place marker
• STAGE 4 - CONCLUSIONS

  TRAFFIC COUNT = high traffic count - high levels of noise pollution and congestion. found around city centres

  LAND USE MAP = lots of tertiary jobs = economic growth.
• STAGE 5 - EVALUATION OF DATA COLLECTION (TRAFFIC COUNT)

  gives us an indication of how busy an area is. Use tally.

  PROS - quick, easy to complete. Quantitative data

  CONS - very busy (may be inaccurate); only 1 time so not representative

  IMPROVEMENTS - calculate a class average, repeat on multiple days
• STAGE 5 - EVALUATION OF DATA COLLECTION (LAND USE MAP)

  looks at issues to do with land use change, clone towns, high street decline

  PROS - easy to complete, quick as covered a small are

  CONS - the key was limited as there were many buildings in the 'other category'

  IMPROVEMENTS - have more categories