Urban Fieldwork

Question 1

overall enquiry question

Answer 1

investigate how and why quality of life varies in urban areas

Question 2

sub questions of investigations

Answer 2

what are peoples views on the quality of life
how does environmental quality vary

Question 3

what were the four sites

Answer 3

west gate
jesmond
byker
kingston park

Question 4

why were our sites chosen

Answer 4

all sites have a metro station so are accessible in one school day

Question 5

how were our sites chosen

Answer 5

from burgess model for different land uses to show variation in quality of life

Question 6

how did we do the questionnaire

Answer 6

approached random members of the public and asked them to answer 5 questions
used stratified sampling by asking if the person was local to make opinions only london
questions centred around quality of life
asked for epitome words

Question 7

why did we do the questionnaire

Answer 7

to find out how people felt about the local area
how satisfied with quality of housing and local services to show quality of life

Question 8

results of questionnaire

Answer 8

people in jesmond (inner suburbs) most positive
98% of residents happy with housing quality and 85% happy with quality of secondary education
in byker in inner city lower quality of life 22% and 36%

Question 9

evaluation of questionnaire

Answer 9

large sample size of 200 as used all responses from all classes
only spoke to people during school week so was more older and retired people
only partly reliable

Question 10

environmental quality survey method

Answer 10

rated 12 criteria on a bipolar scale from -2 to 2 and added up for a score out of 24
eg traffic and litter

Question 11

environmental quality survey explanation

Answer 11

quantitative data on environmental quality of each site
needed it to answer sub question 2
scores allowed to compare sites

Question 12

environmental quality survey results

Answer 12

kingston parts in outer suburbs had the best environmental quality
byker in the inner city had worst

Question 13

environmental quality survey evaluation

Answer 13

scores based on own opinions so subjective
scores made method more accurate as could compare

Question 14

noise survey method

Answer 14

used decibel 10 app on mobile phones to measure level of noise and a description eg quiet street

Question 15

noise survey explanation

Answer 15

it indicates environmental quality
showing qol as quieter places have higher qol

Question 16

noise survey results

Answer 16

noise decreased with distance from the cbd
kingston park half as noisy as cbd

Question 17

noise survey evaluation

Answer 17

app gave us accurate data but only for the exact time and place
level of noise could have been very different at different points in day so unreliable

Question 18

place check method

Answer 18

at each site answered questions about place about
a special place
a well connected accessibke place
a safe and pleasant space
a planet friendly place

Question 19

place check explanation

Answer 19

peoples perception of places has a large effect on quality of life eg feeling safe

Question 20

how is census data done

Answer 20

conducted every 10 years
every household has to complete it
includes health, income, education rates, ethnicity

Question 21

how did we use census data

Answer 21

looked at data about car ownership
level 3 qualifications from the 2011 census
very good health

Question 22

how does car ownership show qol

Answer 22

indicates household income

Question 23

how does very good health show qol

Answer 23

people with poor health are often out of work with low incomes

Question 24

best educated population

Answer 24

jesmond with 31.6% with a degree and 9% in byker

Question 25

where has the highest incomes

Answer 25

kingston park by using car ownership - only 3.2% no car

Question 26

evaluation of census data

Answer 26

from 2011 so now out of data so might not be reliable today
car ownership possibly not the best indicator of wealth as it is affected by other things eg access to public transport
asking for peoples salaries would be more reliable but not ethical

Question 27

how does imd data done

Answer 27

collects data on areas in the uk
ranks based on data such as education, income
updated every 10 years

Question 28

how did we use imd data

Answer 28

used a chloroplasts map from newcastle city council to find out how deprived each ward was
most deprived 10%

Question 29

why did we use imd data

Answer 29

deprivation is linked to quality of life
people living in wards classed as the most deprived 10% have low qol

Question 30

evaluation of imd data

Answer 30

from 2010
13 years out of date so might not be reliable today

Question 31

results from imd data

Answer 31

byker most deprived - score of more than 51
jesmond and kingston park least deprived - score of less than 18

Question 32

how did we use a bar chart to show data

Answer 32

show percentages of residents satisfied with services
different services on the x axis
percentage on y axis
4 bars representing each place

Question 33

how did we use a wordle to present our data

Answer 33

epitome words
more frequently said words are larger
compares perceptions

Question 34

how did we use radar graphs to present our data

Answer 34

environmental quality survey shown
general quality on left of line and quality of open spaces on right and traffic on top
scores up the line in the middle