Whether Aberystwyth Fits Mann’S Model

Hypothesis two states does age decrease as you leave the CBD. The CBD has new housing due the regeneration of the town but this creates some anomalies within the graph as does the outskirts with some older housing which used to be rural become swallowed by the expanding town This must show that much of the town has been rebuilt. The theory agrees with what I have found but it still does not show a total decrease in age.

Hypothesis three, which shows a complete correlation with the theory graph (see appendix two) shows that Aberyswth, has a decrease in height as you leave the CBD. This is due to the expansion of the town were as the years go by the town slowly increase and the people need to be accommodated for. Houses are mainly found out in this region but there is constantly new development, which means newer housing on the outskirts.

Conclusion

The Information gathered and tested within the investigation has shown that Aberystwyth does fit Mann’s model even though there are some anomalies this shows that services change as you leave the CBD. But it could have tested further by recording results every 10m instead of 25m so that the results could have shown a better correlation. Building height and age in Aberystwyth was a very close match with the theoretical model creating an easy study although the limitations of the investigation did create some problems. The analysis of recording the results of building height and age were limited due to the fact that I did not fully understand how to categorise building age. This was because we had to choose from a table using window size and shape. Human error would affect this as each person gave a different opinion about each building as well as the fact that some of the older houses had new windows fitted. If I were able to further the investigation on a whole I would be more concise in the way recording the data and analysing it. I would repeat the investigation again later in the year as their was some development taking place whilst I was there. I would also test more hypothesis like

• Functions are regularly spread out in the CBD.

• Pedestrian flow is greater in the CBD.

I would test the new hypothesis as they look like they could create some interesting results because the results would give a better correlation, which would relate to Aberystwyth.