To investigate the characteristics of two contrasting CBD's.

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Introduction

Shrivenham is a small village in Oxfordshire near Faringdon. It has two churches and a few shops and services. It has a high achieving football and cricket team and has a population of around 2000. Swindon is a much larger town in Wiltshire with a population of 150,000. It is running for city status so has many shops and services.

Aim

To investigate the characteristics of two contrasting CBD's.

Hypothesis

1. The bigger the population of a settlement, the greater the number of services and the size of the CBD.

2. The bigger the population of a settlement, the greater the sphere of influence.

3. The bigger the population of a settlement, the poorer the quality of the environment within the CBD.

4. The CBD (regardless of size) provides the same functions and services.

Methodology

I collected the data on two different days, once on Sunday evening and one on Monday morning to get better results. Overall I did four activities to obtain my information; pedestrian traffic counts, land use survey, environmental quality survey and the questionnaires. I also did some background research on the village