Human Fieldwork

• human title: to what extent have opportunities and challenges been created as a result of urban change in york?
• human title was suitable because it linked human geography, changing UK economy and urban issues and challenges
• expectations for changes in environmental quality/land in the inner city:

  • more businesses/retail
  • more buildings
  • more noise/pollution
  • more traffic
  • less green space
  • poorer environmental quality
• expectations for changes in environmental quality/land in the suburbs:

  • more housing
  • buildings more spaced out
  • less noise/pollution
  • less traffic
  • more green space
  • higher environmental quality
• how could we improve data presentation for environmental quality:

  • calculate a total score for each category at each location
  • bar graph of scores clearly shows the difference
  • scatter graphs show us the differences between locations

  
• how to improve data presentation for land use:

  • use rice pots surveys
  • use the tally information and work out the % of each land use that is at each of the 5 locations and put into pie charts
• rice pots survey: Residential, Industrial, Commercial, Entertainment, Public building, Open space, Transport, Services
• strengths of the environmental quality survey:

  • comprehensive, measures included
  • quick and easy way to asses the quality of the environment
  • easy way to compare locations
• strengths of rice pots survey:

  • easy to tell the function of a building
  • quick and easy way to access land use
• weaknesses of environmental quality surveys:

  • subjective
  • only collected at 5 locations
• weaknesses of rice pots survey:

  • can't accurately record building age
  • estimations
• improvements to the environmental quality survey:

  • use noise meter/pollution monitor
  • use class average
  • include more locations
• improvements of rice pots survey:

  • look at secondary data
• why the environmental quality in york location was suitable:

  • location was accessible
  • safe to walk into york
  • we could collect the data required from multiple locations
• justify one primary data collection for the environmental quality in york study:

  • environmental quality survey - shows how this varies between suburbs and the inner city
  • rice pots - shows how this varies between suburbs and the inner city