human fieldwork 3

Question 1

where is Cardiff ?

Answer 1

• capital of Wales
• found in South Wales
• western side of Great Britain

Question 2

what were your hypothesis about Cardiff ?

Answer 2

• the areas where a lot of money has been spent on redevelopment will attract the most amount of people
• these areas will be very sightly and nicer looking areas

Question 3

why did you chose those hypothesis ?

Answer 3

it is easy to see the development of the Bay and find out if the hypothesis is correct

Question 4

what secondary data did you use ?

Answer 4

2011 census data

Question 5

why did you use that data ?

Answer 5

to show us the number of people living in Cardiff at the time and the ethnic diversity of the population

Question 6

what were the limitations to the secondary data ?

Answer 6

it was out of date

Question 7

how did we collect the primary data land use ?

Answer 7

• land use
• pedestrian count
• environmental quality survey
• questionnaire

Question 8

how did we collect the primary data pedestrian count and the questionnaire ?

Answer 8

• counted number of people in an area

- asked random people some set questions

Question 9

how did we collect the primary data environmental quality survey ?

Answer 9

recorded the quality of the environment at each point where we stop

Question 10

how did we collect the primary data land use ?

Answer 10

• had a list of descriptions of categories of land use

- picked the category of landuse according to the list and what we saw the area contained

Question 11

which data was quantitative ?

Answer 11

• landuse survey

- environmental survey

Question 12

which data was qualitative ?

Answer 12

• questionnaires

- photos

Question 13

what were the advantages and disadvantages of the land use data we collected ?

Answer 13

+ could identify what the land was being used for

- only our point of view

Question 14

what were the advantages and disadvantages of the pedestrian count data we collected ?

Answer 14

+ could see how many people were there at that time

- was only there for one day so cannot calculate an average for the other days

Question 15

what were the advantages and disadvantages of the environmental quality survey we collected ?

Answer 15

+ could identify how good the environmental quality is

- only our point of view

Question 16

what were the advantages and disadvantages of the questionnaire data we collected ?

Answer 16

+ was speaking to people who actually live and work in Cardiff
- some of the people were bias

Question 17

how many sites did we visit and why ?

Answer 17

5 to see the difference in each site

Question 18

what did we use random sampling for ?

Answer 18

the people we were going to talk to

Question 19

how did the environmental quality and landuse change across town ?

Answer 19

site 2 - Rhondda Heritage Park has the least amount of landuses whereas site 4 - Mermaid Bay had the most amount of landuses

Question 20

did this change match what we expected ?

Answer 20

yes because we expected that the areas that have has the most recent development would be used the most

Question 21

what did you conclude in Cardiff Bay ?

Answer 21

• that regeneration has improved this area
• the data we have got and the wordle have showed us that people’s opinions on Cardiff Bay are now very positive
• main landuses are restaurants and shops which are easily accessible due to the ease of parking
• negative correlation on a scatter graph we made showing that more pedestrians reduce the quality of the environment

Question 22

what were the risks and how did we overcome them ?

Answer 22

• water - stay behind barriers
• strangers - stay in groups
• traffic - use traffic lights to cross road safely
• getting lost - stay in groups and listen to instructions

Question 23

what are the names of the 5 sites we visited ?

Answer 23

1 - Llanwern Steelworks
2 - Rhonda Heritage Park
3 - Maerdy
4 - Cardiff CBD
5 - Cardiff Bay

Question 24

what is some key information about Llanwern Steelworks ?

Answer 24

• low density of building