Leatherhead human geography

Question 1

hypothesis

Answer 1

Regeneration of Church street has had a positive impact on Leatherhead.

Question 2

leatherhead facts

Answer 2

• 40-50 minutes to London by train
• need for more homes, offices and shops
• population: 33,597

Question 3

why these sites were chosen

Answer 3

urban :
- air pollution
- population growth
- housing shortages

• one regenerated area, three non regenerated areas with plans for future regeneration

Question 4

Questionnaire

Answer 4

• qualitative
• ask local public questions to get the publics personal opinion of the towns regeneration
• ## purpose it to see publics opinion of town for the longterm

Question 5

Questionnaire data limitations and improvements

Answer 5

limitations:
- lots of people haven’t lived there long, so didn’t see the change
- biased opinions
- strangers

improvements:
- ask for opinions in a more demographic way to get a more representative result

Question 6

EQA

Answer 6

• quantitative
• evaluated and scored the environmental state of Leatherheads sites.
• purpose is gives us the understanding of environmental change

Question 7

EQA limitations and improvements

Answer 7

limitations:
- subjective rule

improvements:
- make the data more accurate by lowering the score scale

Question 8

Annotations

Answer 8

• Qualitative
• used images showing before and after they had been regenerated and compared them
• purpose is to show the social, economic and environmental changes of the area

Question 9

Annotations limitations and improvements

Answer 9

limitations:
- wasn’t a 360 view
- photos glamorise bias promotion
- unrealistic budget

improvements:
- take 360 photos

Question 10

risk assesment

Answer 10

road crossings/ traffic
- cross sensibly to lights to avoid cars
sketchy people
- be sensible approaching people
getting lost
- limiting areas and staying in groups

Question 11

random sampling strategy

Answer 11

where every member of the population has an equal change of being selected with no human bias

Question 12

stratified sampling strategy

Answer 12

sample divided into categories with equal number of samples taken from each category

Question 13

systematic sampling strategy

Answer 13

where observations are taken at regular intervals

Question 14

data presentation radar graph

Answer 14

shows general pattern, can compare results, but hard to read

Question 15

data presentation bar chart

Answer 15

easy comparison and clear pattern, but no understanding of demographic background

Question 16

data presentation word cloud

Answer 16

easy visual, however it’s subjective and therefore inaccurate, so hard to analyse

Question 17

conclusions

Answer 17

• supports hypothesis
• photo annotations show improvements made after regeneration
• radar graph shows church street has higher scores than non regenerated areas
• word clouds had negative words suggesting regeneration

Question 18

how does your conclusions inform your enquiry

Answer 18

having more green spaces and businesses would improve economic, environmental and social aspects of Leatherhead

Question 19

confident conclusions

Answer 19

• only certain locations need regenerating
• need more repeated results