Birmingham

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To investigate the difference between redeveloped and non-redeveloped area in central Birmingham

Question 2

Describe collection method of environmental quality survey

Answer 2

• individually went down all categories to asses each location against series of environmental characteristics
• enabled us to have clear idea of what each site was like with regard to air quality, noise pollution and aesthetic appearance
• doing these individually allowed us to subsequently take an average of results. Important as reduces amount of individual subjectivity by averaging out peoples results

Question 3

How did the collection method for the EQS address out aim

Answer 3

Considering the environment quality in both re-developed and non-redeveloped areas. Enabling a comparison of results to occur

Question 4

Explain why the radar diagram was appropriate for the EQS

Answer 4

• easy to compare sites and easy to compare different aspects of the same site
• all raw data is used and represented, removes risk of calculation errors from making averages

Question 5

Disadvantages of radar diagrams

Answer 5

• difficult to see specific results
• joint results overlap so may be difficult to distinguish
• making diagram is time consuming and scale difficult to define

Question 6

Describe the reliability of the method

Answer 6

• Weak because it’s only a snapshot

- was also not a typical day as there was german Christmas market so more busy

Question 7

Describe the validity of method

Answer 7

• Methods are good but based on opinion, they can change
• our views on urban area are skewed as we live in rural area
• we conducted several methods and combined equal a strong conclusion. Also used tried and tested methods