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Oxford’s CBD is not totally typical in the way that it is not in middle of the city. This is due to the enviromental restrictions. Usually a city
Environmental Quality: “An expressed opinion of the quality of
Surroundings, including air quality, litter, noise, appearance of an area.”
Methodology
As seen above, my core hypothesis deals mainly with environmental issues, and how they effect the city centre. For this I need information and data on the appearance of the centre, and what people think about the enviromental quality. This can be in relation to what is expected, what the city centre used to be like, or other similar city centres.
I collected most of this data in a group in a number of ways.
Our sample points are as on the map, we
C chose them due to their position not the
space between them. The first point was the e entrance to a shopping centre, the other was in the public square, the other was in a shopping centre, one was on the pavement on a sub-road, and the last was next to a bus stop. At each of these sample points we
Did each of four methods. They are listed
below with a description and purpose.
Environmental Quality Assessment and Survey
We did an environmental quality survey; there is a blank copy below.
This was used to just relate our five areas to each other, on certain points, the method was used to make sure that all five points were measure in the same criteria, and the scoring
Questionnaire
Another method we used was the actual questionnaire a copy of the questions asked is below.
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Where do you live? In Oxford
In the surrounding area
Elsewhere
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How often do you visit Central Oxford? Daily
At least once a week
At least once a month
At least once a year
Rarely
First visit
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Why are you ion oxford today? Work
Shopping
Leisure
Other
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How did you get here today? Walk
Bike
Bus
Car
Coach
Train
- Would you mind saying roughly how much you might spend in town today?
Under £5
£5 - £20
£20 - £100
More than £100
- On a score of –3 (very bad) to +3 (very good) could you say what you think of the following in central oxford?
- Building Quality/Upkeep _____
- Street cleanliness/repair _____
- Air Quality _____
- Quietness _____
- Amount of open space _____
- If you are a local resident (live inside the oxford region) skip to the questions following the lable ”resident” if not the answer the following please.
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How long are you staying in oxford? Less than a day
A full day
Several days
Longer
____________________________________
- What age range do you fit into?
0 – 10
11 – 18
19 – 25
26 – 30
31 – 40
41 – 60
60 +
Resident
- What do you think is the nicest part of the city centre?
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- Where would you normally go to buy the following?
- Clothes ________
- Furniture ________
- Electrical goods ________
- Food ________
- Which of the following statements fit oxford city centre?(tick as many as applicable)
- Good for a small city
- Some interesting specialist shops
- A limited selection of shops
- The stores are too small
- The prices are too high
- What improvements would you like to see made to the city centre?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
- What age range do you fit into?
0 – 10
11 – 18
19 – 25
26 – 30
31 – 40
41 – 60
60 +
this questionnaire basically outlines what people come to oxford for, and what they think of the current status of oxford.
Land Use Survey
This was a map of the area of study, where I marked all the buildings. Then I walked around the area and marked exactly what each building was, and what category the land use was. This is to show what is actually in the city centre, and if this relates to environmental conditions surrounding certain types of land use.
