Wapping Wharf Flashcards
What is Wapping Wharf?
An area of urban regeneration in Bristol
How far from Temple Meads?
20 minute drive
How far away is London?
2 hour train journey
How did the physical characteristics of the area allow it to develop?
The extensive transport network
What is CARGO?
A range of independent shops housed in cargo containers
how much money was invested into the redevelopment?
42 million
How big is it?
4 hectares
What is our hypothesis?
The regeneration of Wapping Wharf has been fully sustainable
Why is our hypothesis suitable for investigation? 3
Based upon the wider geographical theories of regeneration and sustainability
Related to the knowledge we have learnt
Simple and understandable
What makes an area socially sustainable? 3
Public transport is safe and reliable
Shops, services and work near to where people live
Strong community links
What makes an area economically sustainable? 2
Access to affordable housing
Encourages independent retailers
What makes an area environmentally sustainable? 3
Waste is recycled where possible
New homes are energy efficient
Brownfield land redeveloped, not greenfield
Examples of risks we may encounter 3
Deep water
Busy roads
Getting lost
What is systematic sampling?
Measurements are taken at regular intervals
What is stratified sampling?
The population is split into sub groups so the sample is proportionate
What is random sampling?
Each member of the population is equally likely to be picked
What are the three techniques we carried out?
Environmental quality survey
Traffic count
Questionnaire
Method of Environmental quality survey
Choose random sites evenly based
Fill in table for each site (1=bad, 5=good)
Add up scores
Show on symbol proportionality map
Method of questionnaire
Research the issue first Decide who to consult and how to ask Decide on sampling method, e.g. every 5th person Write a questionnaire Show on compound bar graph
Method of traffic count
Choose a safe recording position
Record the amount of traffic travelling down the street for 10 minutes
Record on tally chart
Show on a flow line diagram
What is qualitative data?
Data that is more opinion-based but is still useful
What is quantitative data?
Data that usually consists of factual information
What is reliability?
Ensuring data is collected consistently
What is accuracy?
Ensuring a technique is carried out correctly
What does subjective mean?
An opinion based on personal feelings
What does objective mean?
An opinion based on fact
What did we find out about why people travelled to Wapping Wharf?
40% was for leisure, 33% for work
Do people think there are enough safe pedestrian and cycle lanes?
Yes, 100%
How did most people travel there?
Walk, 51%
Do people think there is a good mix between independent and chain stores?
Yes, 100%
Explain how we have presented questionnaire data in compound bar graphs
We calculated the percentage of people who responded in a certain way and drew it as a proportion of a bar
Advantages of compound bar graphs 2
Patterns clearly visually identifiable - can see popular responses
Can see the highest and lowest values by proportion of bar taken up
Disadvantages of compound bar graph 2
Too many divisions can be confusing
Limited use - only for percentage data
Scores for our areas in proportional symbol maps
Museum Street and Gaol Ferry Steps = 8
Cumberland Road = 7
Explain how we presented our data as proportional symbol maps
Collected data from environmental quality surveys
Worked out an overall score for each area
Cut out a shape which is proportional to that score
Advantages of proportional symbol maps
Easier than showing all categories of quality survey
Disadvantages of proportional symbol maps 4
Confusing to outsiders
No specific data
Obstructs base map
Similar results as were in same place
Sustainable and non sustainable transport at Cumberland Road
25 sustainable
97 non
Sustainable and non sustainable transport at Wapping Road
21 sustainable
34 non
Sustainable and non-sustainable transport at Museum Street
6 sustainable
6 non
Explain how we presented our traffic count data s flow line diagrams
We drew two arrows (for sustainable and non sustainable) for each road we counted at
We used a scale so the length of our arrows were proportional to our results
Advantages of flow line diagrams 4
Effective at showing trends
Ease of comparison
Easy to plot parallel to road
Anomalies are clearly shown by smaller/missing arrow
Disadvantages of flow line diagrams 1
May cover up important info on base map
Anomalies in data
50% of questionnaire people said they walked to Wapping Wharf
Only 28% sustainable vehicles found on traffic count
Reason for anomalies
We conduted our traffic count at midday where most walkers would already be at work
Problems with collecting data 3
Confusing traffic count - vehicle and number
Too close to other groups
No younger people for questionnaire - at work
Limitation of results
We only conducted our investigation once at midday so many of the important younger generation would have been at work
Other useful data
Information on businesses for sustainability
How would we improve it?
Collect at multiple times of day over a larger area to get opinions of working age
Larger area to see more variation
