Fieldwork (6) Rural Flashcards
Which settlements did we visit?
Chillington, Slapton
What was the overall objective of the fieldwork
Comparing deprivation between the two villages
What were we assessing? What were the key aspects of our investigation?
Quality of life
- environmental quality
- service decline
- perceptions of residents
Why did we study this place (SAG)
Safety
Accessibility
Geography- does it have what we are studying
Describe Chillington and state the road that passes through it
Key settlement - village with services and employment
Partly in an Area of Natural Beauty (AONB)
A379
Describe Slapton
Located within the South Devon AONB - controls on development and building
- No large vehicle able to pass through
What were the 3 hypothesis’
Quality of environment higher in Slapton/Chillington
Service decline has been greater in Slapton/Chillington
Residents of Slapton/Chillington will have a more positive perception of their village
What method(s) were used to assess the Environmental quality?
Tranquility survey
Housing type survey
What method(s) were used to assess service decline?
Functional change
What method(s) were used to assess the residents’ perceptions?
Epitome words collected from people at each location
How were the results from the environmental quality survey presented?
A choropleth map (using GIS) showing tranquility scores for sections of each location
- Dark red was representative of the highest score
How were the results from the functional change of services survey presented?
Compound bar graph showing 1940’s service tally compared to current tally
How were the results from the epitome words survey presented?
Word cloud - more common words are bigger than less common ones
Was most of the data quantitive or qualitative?
Quantitive - eg. Tranquility survey, service tally
Name one example of qualitative data from our surveys
Epitome words
Name some uses of secondary data in our investigation
Historical maps from the 1940’s showing how many services there were
Pictures of different houses to complete the housing type survey
What were the results of the environmental quality survey?
Slapton was more tranquil
What were the results of the service tally survey?
Chillington has more services (increasing): 9-19
Slapton experienced a decline: 24-13
Slapton is more deprived
Suggest some disadvantages to our epitome word survey
Some words are synonyms of others, so the total result of this word would be greater
- eg. Peaceful, Quiet, Tranquil for Slapton
Was not representative of the whole area
Some people wrote down more than one word
Timing may be an issue - residents/tourists
Overall Conclusions for each hypothesis
- Slapton had the highest tranquility score, with more pleasant sights and fewer sounds
- Slapton was affected the most by service decline as there are fewer services than 1940. Services in Chillington had increased since 1940
- Many factors that affected people’s perceptions - not possible to determine the ‘better’ village
Advantages for methods of presentation?
Easy to see which words were used most frequently
Easy to see based on colours which areas had highest tranquility
Easy to measure the decline/growth of services in a bar graph - good representation
Disadvantages for methods of presentation?
Synonyms of words
More than one word
May be difficult to distinguish between shades of colour
Advantages of Quantitative and Qualitative data?
Easy to compare using numbers - can measure decline or growth more easily
Offers a perspective of people’s thoughts in more detail
Disadvantages of Quantitative and Qualitative data?
Subjective - based on people’s opinions - may not be entirely accurate
Can be subjective to misinterpretation of numbers
Incorrect statistics or inaccurate previous data can affect end result
