Methodology
How did I collect my data:
Before I went out on the field day I started planning in lessons on how I would collect the data. I thought that I should do one questionnaire at each location. Also I thought that it would be best to do a land use map at the Harbourside and housing surveys in the areas which were residential. The reason for this approach is because I wanted to see whether or not there had been significant changes in types of houses and buildings from what had existed 30 years ago. The second reason is by interviewing people with the use of a questionnaire and a large enough sample it might have been possible to discover whether there had been a change in the amount of people living in the Harbourside and what type of people these were.
The problem I had to tackle was whether or not to spread the questioning out over a few days or to do it all in one specific day. I chose to do it all in one working day. This is because it was felt that if the survey was carried out at the weekend the people who work in the Harbourside area would not be questioned as very few of them would also lived in the Harbourside.
Another decision that I had to make was what questions were put in the questionnaire. I had 10 questions with a few choices for answers so that it would be easier to draw up our results. There were three problems related to the questionnaires. The first was how we decided who to ask. Would I, if a group of fifty people were walking past, ask the first, second and third person to complete our questionnaire or another order of people. In I decided to ask the first people who walked past this was because then we were get a wider range of answers from a wider range of people. The next problem concerning the questionnaires is what age groups to ask. Obviously I couldn’t ask anyone under the age of twenty because most likely they cannot remember back to 1996 so they cannot comment on the changes that have taken place. In the end I decided that it would be best to ask only people aged 20 or above because of that reason.
My Data
My Results:
Since 1996, vast amounts of change have occurred in Bristol’s Harbourside, covering nearly the whole span of settlement factors. To investigate these factors, I did a survey of Bristol’s Harbourside, which mainly involved questions from my questioner.
My results:
Obtaining and Analyzing
After the Redevelopment:
Canon's Marsh is seen as one of the best places in the whole of Britain for a 'city centre renaissance'. While very much a part of Bristol, it is a site of unique qualities, especially with is curving harbourside. It has a very characteristic waterfront, and is much a part of the cathedral quarter of the city, whilst being close to the city centre. The entire area of the Canon's Marsh area to be redeveloped is around 66 acres. More than £120m has been set aside for this redevelopment project, with substantial grants from the Millennium Council and the Arts Council.The idea to redevelop Canon's Marsh first became apparent in 1994, but the Bristol Harbourside Commission finally requested for Canon's Marsh to be redeveloped in July 1998. Crest Nicholson won the rights. Planning Brief was drawn up to set guidelines for the types of redevelopment that was to take place.
Obtaining the differences:
The changes in the Harbourside have made the use of the land at the moment completely different to what it was 10 years ago. The land was originally used for warehouses and factories in the early parts of the 20th century, but then the area slowly became a derelict twilight zone. These large, space consuming buildings were wasting valuable, inner city land, which was wasting Bristol’s money. The land was in a good place for making money, and so plans went ahead to rejuvenate the area. The plans were aimed to have been completed by 2000, and the original plans were completed by then, but the development has had a snowball effect, and is ongoing. Private developments are emerging commonly in Bristol’s Harbourside, as people have recognised it as a profitable area, especially private developers.100 years ago the area was profiting, in that trade, manufacturing and storage of goods were bringing in money for the city. However, this could not have lasted, because the factories and warehouses would become old, and unfit to continue their proper uses. This is exactly what happened. In the late 1970’s early 1980’s the harbourside was starting to become run down and derelict.
The old harbourside was run down and derelict, but if you look at figure 1, the harbourside is now rated very highly according to the wide range of people whoI asked to answer our questionnaires. The only area in which people did not give mostly 4’s and 5’s as their ratings was cost. This shows how popular the new harbourside is amongst a wide range of people. If you look at figure 2, you can see that the reasons why people visit the harbourside are very diverse as well, and this illustrates how diverse the developments in the harbourside are. The reasons why people visit are very evenly spread, which shows that the development has been well spread out, and the diversity of people attracted is vast. 79% of the people interviewed said that they thought that the harbourside rejuvenation had benefited Bristol as a city, which once again shows just how popular the harbourside is. As you can see from some of the results of the questionnaires the new and rejuvenated harbourside is in peoples favour. The harbour side is now a modern and very attractive area, as you can see if you refer to figure 5, which is a drawing of the area before it was built.
Conclusion and Evaluation
Evaluation:
The harbourside has been modernised, as happens in any rejuvenation project, but it has also been given a whole new totally different image compared to the one it previously had. Bristol has always been a key city in the UK especially when it comes down to trade. The city used to contain a lot of warehouses and depots because these were necessary for trade in Bristol throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. However the demands and requirements of trade are ever changing, and the warehouses and depots became useless for the purposes of trade, and they just started to use up more money than they were producing. Because of this it was necessary to modernise the harbourside so that it had a use. The methods of trade in use no longer required the same large devotion of storage and industrial building space as before, so it was necessary to use the land in a profitable and sensible way. The plan for the new harbourside was finished in 1995 and the work on the harbourside began in 1996. The area is now a modern and appealing location which attracts a very diverse group of people. The area does have something for everyone, and this is a very good money making technique. The harbourside has changed greatly in terms of its rating on the popularity ladder due to the rejuvenation, and this was necessary to give the new harbourside the image it needed to attract money. This fortunately is a good cycle, and it will continue to bring in more and more money until it reaches its limit.10 years ago, the harbourside was a run down old cluster of warehouses and other large industrial buildings, which were located in the centre of a city and were using up a lot of potentially profitable inner city space. Now, Bristol’s harbourside is a booming area in many of the different inner city settlement areas. These areas include the new housing project at Rownham Mead, new offices (Lloyds), attractions like the restaurants and @Bristol, and an over all attractive area to look at what with the bridge and the fun water fountains in the square at canons marsh. This diversity of development means that the appeal of the harbourside is widespread, and it is bringing in money from all walks of life, be it work, play or living.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, I hope that I have shown accurately how much the harbourside has changed since 1996, and how the changes have affected the harbourside area. Bristol’s harbourside is a good example of inner city rejuvenation and the overall short-term effects that it has on a city.I think that I could have been more accurate in my answer of this question if I had studied the harbourside over a longer period of time, and if more questions had been asked to maybe some of the people involved in the rejuvenation of the area, because this would have given me an insight into what was involved in the development of the area.
