regeneration

Question 1

title

Answer 1

An investigation into the success of urban regeneration in London’s Kings Cross

Question 2

aim

Answer 2

to compare to neighbouring areas in North London to investigate the impact of urban change on people, the economy, and the environment

Question 3

hypothesis

Answer 3

regeneration leads to social, economic, and environmental inmprovement

Question 4

Explain quantitative method

Answer 4

land use survey
• Information recorded was factual, meaning I could record individually without risk of bias
• systematic sampling by observing every other shop. This eliminates bias and allows shops to be observed over a larger area.
• name of shop, what it sells, comparison or convenience goods, luxury or non-luxury, chain or independent
• recorded into table, to visually see results for each category
• same method in both locations to compare results

Question 5

Explain qualitative method

Answer 5

environmental quality survey
• Stood in one area, so data was all relevant
• Observed a list of categories, such as maintenance, letter, congestion, greenery
• On a rating from one to 5 as a group to find an average
• Recorded into table to visually see the pattern
• Same method used in both locations to compare results

Question 6

Identify and assess secondary data source

Answer 6

Streetcheck.co.uk - free website that collect data about housing, crime, environment, in a certain area
• government official database
• frequently updated
• All in one place
• however some pie charts can be misleading as different colours were used, despite comparing the same thing

Question 7

Explain data presentation

Answer 7

Star diagram
• eight axis, octagonally shaped, going out radially, categorically scaled
• categories included…
• using data, each EQS rating was plotted onto the diagram and points were joined
• repeated other location onto the same graph for easy comparison
• two colours and a key for comparison

Question 8

structure in 9 mark
to what extent did you reach a reliable conclusion

Answer 8

reiterate sesecici

• reiterate aim and main data collections
• sampling technique for location
• expand
• sampling technique for landuse survey
• expand
• counting people & traffic accuracies
• inaccuracies - bias, one day. “this will have reduced the validity…”
• conclusion - “as conclusions are based on our own results, we need to realise in spite of.. there were inaccuracies that would make conclusion not completely valid”
• if conclusion were to be more thorough, methods would need to be more robust