"Is Pirbright A Suburbanised Village?"

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Introduction

This is an investigation I am carrying out of a study of Pirbright to answer a series of questions, which are all related to "Is Pirbright A Suburbanised Village?"

Pirbright is a village in Surrey and is located 40km away from London. In this coursework I will be visiting Pirbright in person to find evidence to help me answer the question "Is Pirbright A Suburbanised Question?" I am going to collect my primary data by interviewing people and using land maps. I will also look at the structure, environment and facilities of Pirbright.

I will ask a whole range of questions to people about their life in Pirbright to gather as much information as possible. I will also be taking notes on anything relevant to my investigation.

I am also going to collect some secondary data in the form of books, leaflets and maps. This will provide extra information, which I will need.

Background Information

Theoretical Background

The modern village is different to the 'old' villages. Many villages have taken the suburbanised route. This is because of the move of many people from cities into villages. The reason being for many people to leave the city life to come to the villages are because in villages you can get big houses, there is less crime, it is more quieter and it is less polluted than cities. Usually it is the wealthy people to move into villages because they can afford the cost of the big houses and also afford to travel back to the city for their job.

Geographical Background

A city has shopping centres, offices, noise, high crime rate, small expensive flats and entertainment whereas the suburbs are the complete opposite.

In a city you will find that houses are quite compact and squashed together with little space left. This is because in a city there are so many people to accommodate (e.g. business people who want to live nearer to the place they work). However, if you compare this to a suburbanised village, you will find the suburbanised village is quite spread out in terms of its land use. The houses aren't close together and their gardens are a lot bigger. In addition, suburbanised villages tend to have many open spaces such as parks, fields and so on. In suburbanised villages people are employed mostly in tertiary jobs in nearby towns. They commute to work by car or train. They do most of their shopping in the C.B.D or out of town superstores, so a suburbanised village won't have many high order shops only local low order newsagents.

One thing that I have noticed when I have been doing my research is that suburbanised villages don't seem to have many main roads. This makes the village seem somewhat "inaccessible" to the open public. This also creates a problem for public transport (mainly buses); because there are not many roads there won't be a regular service from the public transport because the new comers are wealthy and have their own cars.
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Collecting The Data

Primary Data

Primary data is data that is collected by the person who is carrying out the investigation. Primary data can be things such as photos, sketches, questionnaires, notes and so on. The sort of data I will need to collect is:

- Land use data

- Questionnaire data

- Services survey

- Environmental impact data

- Notes

- Photos

- Sketches

Secondary Data

Secondary data is data that has been collected by other people, not involved in the investigation. Secondary data can ...

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