fieldwork - taunton town centre

Question 1

what is the title of the fieldwork?

Answer 1

Exploring the success of the regeneration in Taunton Town centre

Question 2

where is Taunton

Answer 2

• Somerset - southwest of the uk

Question 3

benefits of Tauntons location

Answer 3

• public toilets and car park located near area
• had footpaths and safe crossings
• recently undergone regerneration = approppiate for are theory

Question 4

name 3 risks and ways to prevent them :

Answer 4

1. slipping/tripping - wear suitable shoes, follow footpaths, dont run
2. being runover - use crossings, follow footpaths
3. getting lost - plan route, remin in groups [at least of 3]

Question 5

what sampling method was used and why?

Answer 5

stratfied
- allowed us to identify sites which had undergone regeneration
- not possible to evaluate whole of Taunton

Question 6

explain the quantative method used?

Answer 6

• measuered the enviromental quality w a score sheet that inclused 6 elements e.g green space, litter, noise pollution
• w a licket scale between -5 & 5
• at each site we would gove a score for each factor
  = max was 30
• highest score = best enviromental quality

Question 7

explain a qualitive method you did?

Answer 7

EPITOME words
- at each site we each wrote down 3 words to decribe the area
- as a group we then created a ‘wordle’ - word bubble = to gather a general feeling about the area
- which we could then comppare to other years or locals opinions

Question 8

how did we present are data?

Answer 8

• RADAR DIAGRAMS
• ## allowed us to visually compare sites

Question 9

how accurate were the results ?

Answer 9

• our site was large and we werent able to asess everywehere which may pf lead to in acurate results
• time of day and season = will also impact are results
• it was sunny day so there were less cars out and there was less traffic as we went after rush hour

Question 10

how reliable are the results

Answer 10

• unsure what a ‘typical’ day is as we only collected data one 1 day
• roadworks present at one site which could of impacted enviromental scores
• subjective data

Question 11

improvments?

Answer 11

• data was very subjective = have more ppl asses reduces bias
• pin poiny exact sites rather than big areas
• return at other times of year

Question 12

geographical theory?

Answer 12

regeneration
- overall enviromental improvements of an area

Question 13

hypothsis

Answer 13

regenerated areas = higher EN quality, stronger economy & socailly sucessfull

Question 14

results

Answer 14

• overall regerneration lead to positive EN scores
  = enviromently sucessfull
• Station Boulavard = had the lowest EN quality maybe due to its busy nature