Unit 4B fieldwork planning

Dear all

Many questions have come up about fieldwork, I have worked through one hypothesis, but here are my suggestions for an aim and what else should be included in a fieldwork question! See you all at 730 on the live blog.

Fieldwork

Aim: To investigate the relationship between the regeneration and conservation issues in Poole

Hypothesis 1:

The building of the Twin Sails Bridge will significantly reduce the congestion in Poole

Justification:

• The Old bridge was built in 1927
• It can halt traffic for up to half an hour
• it is not cyclist/pedestrian/disabled friendly
• Poole is a tourist Honeypot site and needs to improve facilities
• People commute into the centre of Poole for work in the services sector
• Poole has the European Ferry port

Method:

• Before and after traffic survey (see guidance on Moodle)
• Include new locations after the bridge is built and has been open for some time
• Count over a systematically pragmatic choice of locations over a given time period, same time in each location
• Us a group of geography students
• Possibly locate secondary data from Borough of Poole on their site. 
• Use a Mann Whitney U to compare results and assess for a significant difference

Risk Assessment:

• Students must wear High Vis jackets
• Groups of three as a minimum
• appropriate clothing and footwear
• Mobile Phone contacts to staff
• Areas with pavements chosen

Limitations:

• Only possible to do for one day as a group, would require a longer study over a summer and winter season to be significant
• Could not make it to Poole for morning rush hour with students, so would only reflect evening rush hour
• Bridge's and new road networks take a few months to bed in, and the old bridge will close for nine months this year in order to be refurbished. 
• Would be difficult to cover a weekend and weekday as a group of students. 

Hypothesis 2: 

The regeneration of the Hamworthy Gate site, will not have a significant impact on the environment in Holes Bay

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Hypothesis 3:

The regeneration plans will significantly improve the quality of life in Poole

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