Aims
The aims of this project are to make a model of Malton and measure the traffic and pedestrian flow. Earlier we studied two models which were Burgess which and Hoyt so we would know what we were making. We had to decide which of the models we thought Malton looked like.
Our first hypotheses was that Malton would look like Hoyt as Malton has a river running through the middle of it so the industry would be along its banks as it can be used for transport, cooling dumping.
The second hypotheses is that the traffic would be heavier in the C.B.D <central business district> as there are more shops, smaller roads and more people want to be there.
Over all we were lucky as the day was perfect for our survey. It was not too hot or warm so people would come in to town and it was not cold so people stayed away. The sun was behind a thin layer of cloud so the temp was moderate. There was light but no sun, so no sun burn, there was a slight breeze but you can’t have every thing.
We also had to see what type of shops would be in the C.B.D. Estimate how old they were and what score they got on a chart we were given -
A restaurant would have a higher score than a newsagent shop.
The third hypothesis was that the closer to the centre we were, the older the buildings would be, and the less wide they would be, as the land would cost more. So the houses/shops would be built higher rather than wider which would cost more in land.
Methods
We would split up in to groups of four pupils. Although many of the fours then split up into groups of two. Each group was allocated a certain area of the map and we had to check out this area we were given.
We had to go to certain points on the map and at these points we had to fill in a form to say what type of area it was, industrial, business or residential 1st 2nd or 3rd class. How much litter there was? If there was a lot of noise. If the buildings got maintained and so on. This method was effective, but we could have gone on our own to a point each, but we might have got lost. The problem with the method we chose was it took a long time and if we got lost we would miss out four points and not one. We were given many maps. One was a grid in which we were allocated certain squares, one which had the points we had to go to, one was blank and the last one had a line through streets we had to follow. We seemed to be filling in a chart about every other building we passed.
Limitations
To make the field work better we would need more people and to spend more time as we would need more than a day as it may have been a bad day for the town .
I think the data is enough as we can get all our results more would make them more accurate
The limitations with our results were that we only had a serton number of people so we could only do a serton number of places and other peoples results may be wrong as they did not do the work and made up the results.
Conclusion
From the whole project I have made what I believe is an accurate model of Malton. Then from it I have worked out what are the main signs of the C.B.D.
This study was a success as it shows that there are signs that show, if you are in the cbd. Also that are hypotheses were both right i.e. traffic increases in the C.B.D and Malton looked more like Holt than Burgess.