- Of considerable size, amount, intensity…
- Of a large or the larger size…
In my opinion the things that will make a better shopping area than a different location would be to have a large variety of shops. These things would include Food, Electrics, Toys shops, sweet shops, jewellery and banks. The amount of parking spaces would be good because if newcomers want to explore the place then they will have somewhere to park their car, however if their isn’t enough parking spaces then some people will leave that shopping area because their isn’t any spaces so they will be visiting another shopping area.
The area has to be clean because cleanliness attracts more people so this means that bins have to be set up around everywhere so people can put their rubbish in the bins. And also toilets have to be set up in most areas so that customers can use the toilet. To get people coming to that place their has to be some transports such as Bus, Train and Taxis. People will need transport that comes to the shopping area because some people will be arriving from far distances. There has to be good services around and in the shopping area because more people will need good services because they expect the place to be kind and polite and if they get treated kindly then they will be visiting that area more often. However if the service is poor then they wont be visiting that area because they won’t be treated with respect. Also some services should be given to customers such as food services because they will get hungry after a long stay. The opening times are important because if it opens early then most people will be attracted and they will come to finish their shopping early. If the shop closes early then the people wouldn’t have finished their shopping and probably next time they wouldn’t come to the shopping area but however if it closes late then most people will leave the shopping area because they would have finished their shopping and the people at work too would come to do some shopping.
I asked my parents if they thought I was correct and they said that a good criminal record would make a good shopping area, because if it has a bad criminal record then people wouldn’t be attracted there because they would think that their in danger but however if it has a good criminal record then more people would come to visit because they would think that their in good hands and that their car wouldn’t get vandalised.
The Data I will collect to help me prove that my hypothesis is correct will be from questionnaires. I asked a questionnaire to get peoples point of view and to see what they liked and disliked about that shopping area. I also used a tally table to show me if that area was a good area of influence also to see how many people walking in five minutes. To show evidence of me being there and taking information I have taken pictures and also to show me evidence.
I chose to visit 2 shopping areas in Barnet to ask my questions and take a tally.
This is North Finchley. I visited North Finchley to take some pictures and ask my questions. The place in North Finchley I visited was at Tally Ho Corner; I also took pictures at the North Finchley high road. The map below shows North Finchley:
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This is Brent Cross. I also visited Brent Cross because I wanted to compare 2 shopping areas. To get my information, I sat next to where the old water fountain use to be and got some information around there. I asked my questionnaire in a random shop and a random customer within that shop. The map below shows where I was:
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(Map of Barnet showing locations of North Finchley and Brent Cross)
I predict that Brent Cross will have a bigger area of influence.
