Overall Conclusion
Here is my predicted hypothesis for all the settlements:
Sphere of Influence: Environmental Quality: % of Comparison shops:
Merry Hill = 2 + 4 + 4 = 10
Kidderminster (New) = 1 + 3 + 1 = 5
Kidderminster (Old) = 4 + 2 + 2 = 8
Dudley = 3 + 1 + 3 = 7
My final hierarchy would look like this:
My original aim of this coursework was to investigate if three shopping centres in the west midlands can be placed into shopping hierarchies, however after looking at my results I don’t think that there is a shopping hierarchy. I believe that people want to shop in places they are familiar with and also places that are generally clean.