We want to delimit the CBD of Preston. We will find out if Preston's' CBD has a core and a frame. This question will help me to identify the aims of the investigation.

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Emma McIntyre        12Y        Preston Fieldwork

Preston Fieldwork

Identifying The Question

We want to delimit the CBD of Preston. We will find out if Preston’s’ CBD has a core and a frame. This question will help me to identify the aims of the investigation.

Developing a Strategy

I will use land use maps of the CBD of Preston to find out how the land is used. I will do this because they will help me to determine the limits of the CBD.

        I will also count the number of pedestrians will decrease as I get further away from the PVLI.

        I am going to look at the shop appearances and I predict that the appearance of the shops will worsen and the quality will decrease as my distance increases from the PVLI.

        I will look at the street quality/appearance and I predict that the quality of the streets will decrease, as I get further away from the PVLI.

        I am also going to look at the types of shops in Preston and I predict that there will be an influx of low order shops as my distance from the PVLI increases.

        These strategies will help me discover the important facts about the CBD of Preston and to delimit a core and a frame for the CBD.

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Data Collection

        I am going to use several different methods to collect my data from this fieldwork experiment. These are things such as land use maps, questionnaires, shopping quality/ street appearance recording sheets and a functions recording sheet, which will tell the function of each building in Preston. Also, from this I will form a chloropleth functions map to aid me with my fieldwork.

        The first type of data I collected was the function of each building in the CBD. I did this by creating a sheet with different categories. I then used a land use map ...

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