The Environmental Quality of Housing Areas in Ipswich

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  1. Introduction ………….….....3-6

  1. Method……………………8-10

  1. Analysis…………………12-16

  1. Conclusion………………18-19

  1. Appendix (Index)……….ii)1-16

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Figure 1.1 Map of East Anglia……………………………....................3

Figure 1.2 Artist impression of Ipswich dock in 1840………..….5

Figure 1.3 Photograph of Ipswich dock today………………………5

Figure 1.4 Growth (Pop.) of Ipswich in the last 200 years.........4

Figure 1.5 Change in population of Ipswich every decade……..4

Figure 1.7 Map of Ipswich…………………………………………………..5

Figure 1.8 Map of Ipswich in 1800’s…………………………………….5

Figure 1.9 Growth of Ipswich in the last 500 years……………….6

Figure 2.1 Survey sheet………………………………………………………9

Figure 2.2 Park road………………………………………………………..…9

Figure 2.3 Neptune Quay…………………………………………………….9

Figure 2.4 Prediction graph…………………………………………………8

Figure 2.5 Peter Mann Model…………………………………………….10

Figure 3.0 Main EQ vs. Distance Graph…………………………..ii) 12

Figure 3.1 Averages Bar chart……………………………………….ii) 13

Figure 3.2 Data table Christchurch park…………………………….12

Figure 3.3 Christchurch park housing………………………………..12

Figure 3.4 Data tables GIA…………………………………………….....13

Figure 3.5 Location of GIA’s……………………………………….….ii) 14

Figure 3.6 Data table streets outside GIA scheme………………13

Figure 3.7 Data table Park Road North……………………………….14

Figure 3.8 Gentrification (infilling)……………………………………..14

Figure 3.9 Age of buildings map…………………………………….ii) 15

Figure 3.10 Photo/data table Humber Doucy Lane……………….15

Figure 3.11 Pater Mann model working in Ipswich…………..ii) 16

Figure 3.12 GIA: - Bramford Lane……………………………………….13

Figure 3.13 non GIA: - St Georges Street…………………………….13

Figure 3.14 Park Road North……………………………………………..14

Figure 3.15 Bildeston Gardens…………………………………………..14

Figure 4.1 Concept SnoAsis………………………………………………18

Figure 4.2 Odeon Ipswich………………………………………………….19

Figure 4.3 Conclusion spider diagram………………………………..20

Figure 5.1 Index………….……………………………………………ii) 1-10

Figure 5.2 Choropleth map…………………………………………..ii) 11

Introduction

    This coursework studies variations in Environmental quality or EQ for short in Ipswich. Ipswich is the county town of Suffolk, the third largest settlement in East Anglia, and the 38th largest urban area in the UK.

                           (Figure 1.1) Map of East Anglia

   Ipswich is a dynamic town in Suffolk and is becoming more and more popular due to its proximity to the capital. This popularity has caused it to become the fastest growing regional centre in the country. Ipswich has great transport links, as it sits at the centre of an efficient road and rail system, making the commute to London and other major town’s and cities short, and pleasant, due to the lack of congestion. The railway system run’s at a frequency of trains to the capital every 15 minutes, and a short commute time of only 1 hour 5 minutes, to the capital. As a result of these benefits businesses are moving to Ipswich.

        Ipswich’s population has been growing, steadily; this is due to its popularity increase from smaller businesses, trying to make advantage of its short commute time, and its cheaper prices, of labour, and land (than London). As the businesses have started to flood in, there has been an increase in population in recent years. Ipswich’s current population is 117,074. As the population increases, the demand for housing increases, so population suddenly becomes a factor in my project.

This graph shows how Ipswich’s population has changed over the years, as you can see the population has been increasing. But in recent years, the population has declined from its peak 123,005, to 117,074. This is due to a phenomenon called counter urbanisation, (explained in figure 1.5), the decline in population is also due to the decline in family size because woman are delaying marriage to a much later age than what it used to be, because they want to do jobs, and gain careers, before they start families. This is why the average family size has plummeted in recent years to 1.6 children, it is believed that 2.4 children pre family are required to sustain the country, because as the amount of young people go down the dependency ratio increases.  

 (Figure 1.5)

This graph shows the change in population growth. This graph helps me to explain counter urbanisation, as people start to move into a settlement, they all want to live where all the jobs, and facilities are. But as demand for the settlement goes up, people start to look for neighbouring towns or housing estates, which are not too far away. They do this because land prices go up and people want more land. This affects the population drastically, as you can see in figure 1.5, where population goes up steadily every 10 years, then it hits a point in the 1970’s, and there is a sudden decline in population. An example of a settlement which has taken population away from Ipswich is Woodbridge or Bury St Edmunds. Major businesses have contributed largely to the negative development, and the counter-urbanisation of Ipswich, because it is they who have been able to pump money into the local economy, giving the people more money to live out of town, and commute to work everyday.

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     The population, of Ipswich, is very typical of your average town in Britain. There is a large amount of young adults, around the age of 30, who are able to work. This is why there are large employment opportunities in Ipswich, there are young people who want to work, and there are many small businesses who want to give them work. The amount of children is also high because there are many young men and woman, who want to start families of there own. After all of this the unemployment rate is still 3.5 which is ...

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