The aim of the fieldwork is to analyse the relationship between the socio-economic characteristics of the resident population and the quality of the residential environment within different parts of Durham City.

Chapter 2

Method

Each group will visit each ward in Durham city, these being

1. Carville
2. Belmont
3. Gilesgate moor
4. Gilesgate
5. Elvet
6. Nevilles Cross
7. Framwell gate
8. Framwellgate Moor
9. Newton Hall

In each ward each group will survey a single street, they will walk the length of each street and record the quality of the residential environment by scoring each street according to the “penalty points” system.

On completion of the fieldwork the data will be shred an average EQ index will be worked out.

Chapter 3

Below is the data with the Mean, Mode, Median and Inter-Quartile Range worked out.

To work out the Mean it was Mean = Sum of terms

                                                            Number of Terms

Median vale was Median = no. of terms +1   (middle value)

                                                       2

Mode = Most frequent

IQR (Term 6 – Term 2)

L=3

B=3

GM=18

G=29

E=8

NL=16

F=8

FM=18

NH=2

Below is a rough map of where all the areas we visited are and they are shaded in with each colour representing the quality of the area, which I am basing the inter-quartile range.

Looking at the map I realise that my hypothesis is not entirely correct as the area is quite a mixed bag in some aspects, but a lot of the low class areas surround the river where there is likely to be more industrial activity. So I was right about the basing Robsons model on the city because like Sunderland.

Chapter 4

Summarisation

My hypothesis did not coincide with my results, I said that the areas with greater socio-economise and a better environment would be further out from the centre but Durham’s zones are actually more varied to where they are. For example Nevilles Cross is an example of a middle class area yet it is based on the outskirts of the city. I did find out however that great deals of the lower class zones are situated near the river, industrial areas and the CBD.

Evaluation

I know that my hypothesis did not exactly match with the actual findings but I believe that it did hint that most cities would usually

Have the higher-class zones further away from the central business district and the industrial areas, because the majority of the high-class zones are found a relatively far distance from the industrial and commercial Ares. The distance may not be great but it still shows that the higher and medium class area generally stay further out from the centre of the town or city.