Contents page
Page 2- Aim
Hypothesis
Introduction
Method
Page 3- Area of Study
Page 4- Results
Analysis
Page 5- Results
Analysis
Page 6- Results
Analysis
Page 7- Results
Analysis
Page 8- Results
Analysis
Page 9- Results
Analysis
Page 10- Results
Analysis
Page 11- Conclusion
Evaluation
A Settlement Enquiry
Aim-
To investigate the perceived effects of the building and operation of Terminal 5 on the quality of life and standard of living of different people. This means we are going to find out how the building of Terminal 5 will affect all types of peoples life in the surrounding areas.
Hypothesis-
Terminal 5 will benefit all different groups of local people equally. This is a geographical theory of what the affects of Terminal 5 will be. This theory is saying that Terminal 5 will affect all people living in the surrounding area the same.
The objective of my study is to figure out if the hypothesis is right or
wrong, I am going to do this by going to Staines and Ashford and Shepperton surveying all the different types of people (Male, female, adult, child, pensioner, disabled, working class, Family) I am going to ask different questions to find out how terminal 5 affects each group of people and compare the results. I'm also going to find other geographical theories to see if they agree with the hypothesis.
Method
I collected my data by visiting three areas around terminal 5, these were Staines, Ashford and Shepperton. Firstly I went to Ashford, then Shepperton and finally Staines. We went as a class. When we arrived at each destination we split into groups of two's and three's and walked around asking people in the area questions. We asked each individual ten questions mainly about what they thought the effects of Terminal 5. I have then put these into graphs to show what people think of Terminal 5. After we conducted our survey, we went for a presentation at Terminal 5. This showed us all about the building of terminal 5.
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Area of Study
This is a map showing the location of terminal 5 in comparison to Staines, Ashford and Shepperton. The arrow is pointing to terminal 5. Terminal 5 is situated very close to Ashford and Staines and Shepperton. Staines is both a residential and shopping area and is visited by people working, shopping and taking part in leisure activity's. It is quite busy traffic wise and is always full of shoppers. This may be affected by terminal 5 because there will be more people in the area working, because terminal 5 will provide more ...
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Area of Study
This is a map showing the location of terminal 5 in comparison to Staines, Ashford and Shepperton. The arrow is pointing to terminal 5. Terminal 5 is situated very close to Ashford and Staines and Shepperton. Staines is both a residential and shopping area and is visited by people working, shopping and taking part in leisure activity's. It is quite busy traffic wise and is always full of shoppers. This may be affected by terminal 5 because there will be more people in the area working, because terminal 5 will provide more jobs. Also the shopping area will be more busy because there will be more people in the area, because more people will move to the area for work and will need to buy things. Also more houses will be sold in the area because more people will need to live close to terminal 5. Terminal 5 will also help other business in the local area because more people will be in the area so there will be a bigger market for other companies. Ashford is very similar to Staines. Shepperton is only residential, Therefore will only be affected by more people moving to the area. They are all near the M 3 and the M 25, which may be some people's routes to work, these motorways may get more traffic because of people trying to get to terminal 5. They are also very close to Heathrow. So there is a lot of noise pollution around them.
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Results
This graph shows that we asked the same amount of people who are part of family households and not part of family households. I no this because there are 56 people who are in family households and 56 who aren't. This therefore means that I have asked an equal range of people.
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This Graph shows where the person has travelled from to get to Staines. This therefore shows that it doesn't just affect people who live in Staines; it also affects people all around the country who are visiting Staines. This shows that that the hypothesis does not include people from the rest of the country who may have to pass through local areas or visit local areas, although they are still affected. For example there are people 5 people from central London. Central London isn't that close to Heathrow, but because they are in the area for whatever reason they are still affected.
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This Graph shows how people travelled to the location they were surveyed at. This shows a lot more people use cars to travel around this area. This means if there is an increase in traffic because of the Terminal. People will find it much harder to get around. This shows the hypothesis is wrong because there are more people who drive cars in the local area so it will affect them because of traffic, but if the person catches the train, rides their bike or walks, they will not be affected by traffic. 61 people use a car to travel in the area and 18 people use the bus, there are 12 people who use the train, 10 people who ride their bikes and 10 people who walked. That's 32 people who will not be affected by traffic.
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This Graph shows why the person was in the area. If traffic increases in the area people will find it much harder to do their daily tasks. This proves the hypothesis is wrong because people are in the area for different reasons, so it will affect them in different ways.45 people are in the area for work but 41 are in the area for shopping so, it will affect them differently, because for people working, it will provide more working opportunities, but people shopping won't be affected that much.
This Graph shows what people think the effects on health will be from terminal 5. Most people think it will not affect them in a good way or a bad way. This proves the hypothesis right because it will affect everyone's health equally.
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This graph shows what people think the effects on the environment will be from terminal 5. Most people think it will have a fairly bad effect on the environment. This proves the hypothesis wrong because this will affect people who care, and not those who don't care. Therefore it will not affect everyone equally
This Graph shows what people think the effects on employment will be from terminal 5. Most people think it will have a very good effect on employment. This proves the hypothesis wrong because this will only help people who need jobs, this will not have the same effect on children and pensioners.
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This graph shows what people think the effects on pollution will be from Terminal 5. Most people think the effects will be bad. This proves the hypothesis is right because pollution affects everyone equally.
This graph shows what people think the effects on traffic in the area will be from Terminal 5. This shows that most people think the affect will be bad. This proves the hypothesis wrong because not everyone uses the roads so if traffic increases it will not affect everyone equally.
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This graph shows whether people think terminal 5 will improve the quality of life for people in the surrounding areas, more people think it will not. This proves the hypothesis wrong because it shows some people think it will and some think it won't.
This graph shows whether people think terminal 5 will benefit all groups of people equally. More people think it will not affect everyone equally. This proves the hypothesis wrong because the hypothesis says it will affect everyone equally, but more people think it will not. 65 people think it will not benefit people equally.
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Conclusion
I have disproved the hypothesis because most of my questions prove that terminal 5 will not affect all local people equally. I know this because in graph 2. It shows people come from all over the country to the surrounding area of terminal 5, so it doesn't just affect local people, it also affects people who are visiting. In graph 3 it shows how people travel to get into the surrounding area, this proves the hypothesis wrong because with people who drive cars, traffic from terminal 5 will affect them, but with people who walk, it won't affect them. Also in the last graph 64 people think it will not affect people in the local area, only 48 think it will. So this proves that the majority do not agree with the hypothesis.
Evaluation
The study went well because I asked all different types of people. I asked over 100 people from Staines, Ashford and Shepperton, which are in the surrounding area of Terminal 5 which is what the hypothesis is on about. I also asked around the same amount of male and females. I asked exactly half from family and non-family households. I also asked people from all different types of age ranges. I could have improved it by asking people in other areas around terminal 5, such as Stanwell, which is closer than the three areas I chose. I also could asked people on the weekend, as well as on weekdays, because different people would be in the area on the weekend (such as Children who would usually be in school on weekdays and people who aren't working will be in the area for leisure purposes). Limitations to my study were that I did not ask all surrounding areas of Terminal 5 because in different areas, people will have different opinions. Other limitations are that I did not get to survey many young children because it was on a school day, so most children were in school.
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Scott Norris
