human fieldwork 3 Flashcards
where is Cardiff ?
- capital of Wales
- found in South Wales
- western side of Great Britain
what were your hypothesis about Cardiff ?
- 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
why did you chose those hypothesis ?
it is easy to see the development of the Bay and find out if the hypothesis is correct
what secondary data did you use ?
2011 census data
why did you use that data ?
to show us the number of people living in Cardiff at the time and the ethnic diversity of the population
what were the limitations to the secondary data ?
it was out of date
how did we collect the primary data land use ?
- land use
- pedestrian count
- environmental quality survey
- questionnaire
how did we collect the primary data pedestrian count and the questionnaire ?
- counted number of people in an area
- asked random people some set questions
how did we collect the primary data environmental quality survey ?
recorded the quality of the environment at each point where we stop
how did we collect the primary data land use ?
- 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
which data was quantitative ?
- landuse survey
- environmental survey
which data was qualitative ?
- questionnaires
- photos
what were the advantages and disadvantages of the land use data we collected ?
+ could identify what the land was being used for
- only our point of view
what were the advantages and disadvantages of the pedestrian count data we collected ?
+ 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
what were the advantages and disadvantages of the environmental quality survey we collected ?
+ could identify how good the environmental quality is
- only our point of view
what were the advantages and disadvantages of the questionnaire data we collected ?
+ was speaking to people who actually live and work in Cardiff
- some of the people were bias
how many sites did we visit and why ?
5 to see the difference in each site
what did we use random sampling for ?
the people we were going to talk to
how did the environmental quality and landuse change across town ?
site 2 - Rhondda Heritage Park has the least amount of landuses whereas site 4 - Mermaid Bay had the most amount of landuses
did this change match what we expected ?
yes because we expected that the areas that have has the most recent development would be used the most
what did you conclude in Cardiff Bay ?
- 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
what were the risks and how did we overcome them ?
- 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
what are the names of the 5 sites we visited ?
1 - Llanwern Steelworks 2 - Rhonda Heritage Park 3 - Maerdy 4 - Cardiff CBD 5 - Cardiff Bay
what is some key information about Llanwern Steelworks ?
- low density of building
