Paper 3 - Cardiff - HUMAN

Question 1

what was the investigation aim?

Answer 1

Has the regeneration of Cardiff Bay had a positive impact on the local area?

Question 2

why did we choose Cardiff bay?

Answer 2

• easy access
• good transport links
• newly redeveloped
• good scale

Question 3

5 key facts and figures -

Answer 3

500,000 square metres of industrial space creates
375,000 square metres of office space created
30,000 new jobs creates
6,000 new houses built
14 hectare Cardiff Bay retail park was created

Question 4

what is Bute Town?

Answer 4

a town next to Cardiff Bay with huge amounts of depravation.

Question 5

why was Cardiff Bay redeveloped?

Answer 5

Due to the closing of the coalfield in the south of Wales there were no imports or exports into the Cardiff Bay Area, leaving them derelict and idle, with huge amount of unemployment and a lack of modern amenities.

Question 6

what were the sampling strategies used and where did we use them?

Answer 6

Systematic:

• site location
• land use survey
• environmental survey
• photos

Random:
- questionnaire

Question 7

what was the risk assessment?

Answer 7

stranger danger - stay in pairs
water - metal barriers to stop people going over the edge
getting lost - stay in pairs
traffic - be careful when crossing roads

Question 8

What are the hypotheses?

Answer 8

1. Do people feel that the regeneration has improved this area?
2. What are the main land uses in the Bay area?
3. Is there a correlation between environmental quality and the number of pedestrians?

Question 9

what is primary data?

Answer 9

data you collect yourself

Question 10

what were the primary data that we collected?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

what is secondary data?

Answer 11

data previously collected by others

Question 12

what is the secondary data that we used?

Answer 12

internet

info leaflets

Question 13

analyse your results on the regeneration of Cardiff Bay?

Answer 13

People feel that the regeneration has improved the Cardiff area. Some of the members of public described is at a ‘clean and pleasant and great place’. The world shows that there has been improvements and shows very positive words. One of the disadvantages is that traffic has increased.

Question 14

what is the main land use area in Cardiff Bay?

Answer 14

In the Cardiff Bay Area the main land use is a majority of restaurants, the bay is an attractive area and the restaurants help to increase the pedestrian count in the area.

Question 15

do people feel that the regeneration has improved the area?

Answer 15

The regeneration has improved the ares and the residents described the area in a very positive way.

Question 16

Is there a correlation between environmental quality and the number of pedestrians?

Answer 16

Due to the increase in pedestrians the environmental quality has decreased.

Question 17

evaluate your study

Answer 17

The overall experience was good but it would’ve been more accurate - e.g. when counting pedestrians it was easy to miss count. It was also quite nerve racking and it took a lot of confidence to survey the members of the public. The environmental quality was also quite biased.