Plymouth- Human study

Question 1

Human study: Question

Answer 1

Does Union Street need regenerating?

Question 2

Method 1: photo comparison

Answer 2

Before and after photos compared of each site
Presentation
Annotated photographs

Question 3

Method 2: Place check

Answer 3

At the end of each site visit we recorded what we liked and didn’t like about each place and how they could be improved

Question 4

Method 3: pedestrian count

Answer 4

At each site we recorded the number of people over a 5 minute period walking away from and toward the centre of the city
Presentation
Located proportional symbols maps

Question 5

Method 4: Environmental Quality score

Answer 5

At each site we carried out an EQS, evaluating 13 criteria on a 0-5 or 0-10 scale
Presentation
Located radar diagrams

Question 6

Method 5: Questionnaires

Answer 6

Equipment: questionnaire sheets, clipboards, pens, groups of pupils Methodology: approach people and ask questions politely.
What we expected: a wide variety of reasons why people visit Drakes Circus
Presentation
Range of methods - bar charts, pie charts, divided bar charts, desire line map, proportional symbols using ArGIS, radar graphs.

Question 7

Conclusions:

Answer 7

It was clear from all of our data that Union street was in need of regeneration. EOS and pedestrian data confirmed this along with our photograph comparison. Drakes circus and The Barcode - both have undergone regeneration - scored significantly higher in our EOS ar busier as shown by our pedestrian count results

Question 8

Reflection:
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ebi

Answer 8

EBI: our survey would ve been improved by:
• Visiting further sampling points within the areas of Plymouth we were investigating
• Visiting on different days of the week/times of day/times of year
• Carrying out our pedestrian counts at the same time, it rained on Union Street
• Taking a class average of our EQS
WWW: our survey was quick, cheap and simple to complete. It did not require specialist equipment.