The aim of my coursework is to prove or disprove the following hypothesis: there is a better quality of environment in a suburban area than an inner city area.

The aim of my coursework is to prove or disprove the following hypothesis: "THERE IS A BETTER QUALITY OF ENVIRONMENT IN A SUBURBAN AREA THAN AN INNER CITY AREA." What this statement means is that the standard of living would be higher in a suburban area of a town or city than an inner city area. This is because the inner city area is more crowded and densely populated wit less green area, more traffic, noise and pollution than a suburban area. The town I have decided to investigate is my hometown of Billingham. The reason I have chosen Billingham is because I live there, I know the area well and as I live in Billingham I don't need any transport to get to the areas I have chosen. Billingham used to be an important industrial town around the mid twentieth century along with the rest of the Teesside and Hartlepool area. It was renowned for it's shipbuilding and steel works with deep docks of the River Tees. However the shipyards closed due to competitors in Japan offering cheaper prices, cheaper labour and the dated technology at the ship yards in the North- East because the ship yards were privately owned and the owners wanted the biggest amount of profit possible. The North East area could now compete with the rest of the world for ship building but it would cost millions to open a new ship yard with the technology and need for a . Just a few years ago Kaverna

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The funding requirements for Hallamore - Report for Steelville City Council.

The funding requirements for Hallamore Report for Steelville City Council . Abstract Setting the context This report has been out together for Steelville City Council it is intended to provide information on funding available for Hallamore and the process required to obtain the funding. The information provided is based on the baseline information provided to the consultant. In accordance it is not possible to provide specific figures due to limitations of the information. The report is set out into five main sections as follows:_ Introduction - Outlining the problem's Method - Mapping & commonalities Results/findings - What funding in place and what's required Discussion - process Conclusions - Recommendations 2. Introduction The problems being experienced by the area are typical of those experienced by many other areas, which have benefited from regeneration funding. The area itself is diverse, in terms of its housing, its population and their social needs. The population is made up of a younger mobile population, established older residents and a small but prominent and closely-knit ethnic minority group (mainly Somali). The demolition and construction of new housing has reduced the housing stock from 4445 to 3608 over a period of roughly ten years. The areas has benefited from one of the earlier SRB schemes that funded the demolition of a number of

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Advantages and Disadvantages of To Proposed Sites of a Call Centre

Advantages and disadvantages of to proposed sites of a call centre When writing this report and making a decision on the location of the call centre several factors must be considered, below are several that must be asked in relation to the two suggested locations Factors effecting location - Evidence of existing call centres succeeding - Labour force - Good business network, training and human resources - Financial Incentives - Quality location, is there a premises already available - Quality of life (amenities etc) - Telecom support i.e. technical assistance The first location suggested is Longbenton in the North east of England, North of Tyne and Wear and Teesside, and the other is Bolton in the area of greater Manchester. There are advantages and disadvantages to both sites, with the help of the factors identified above I will identify and evaluate the pros and cons of each site. The Longbenton site, the first facto to consider is the success of other call centres in the area. In a survey of call centre operators the NE England was ranked 6th out of 13 this shows that call centres in the NE England area are preserved to be reasonably successful and thus provide a reason for a possible call centre The Bolton site is situated in an area that may not be regarded as such a successful area to locate a call centre, the survey and results were taken from

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Borders Investigation

"BORDERS" INVESTIGATION Introduction The starting point for this investigation is the following sequence of cross shapes: The sequence begins with a single white square, which is then surrounded by black squares to form the second shape. Each new cross is then formed by completely surrounding the previous cross with a border of black squares. In each new cross, the previous cross can be seen as the area of white squares in the centre. The aim of this investigation is to derive algebraic formulae from the sequence, each expressing one property in terms of another (e.g. defining the area as the diameter squared). These formulae can then be examined and, hopefully, proven, using a wide variety of mathematical tools. The next stage will then be to apply this same process to the three-dimensional counterpart of this sequence of shapes. This sequence would begin with a single white cube, which would then be surrounded on all six sides by black cubes, and the sequence would continue in the same way as the two-dimensional version. 2D Defining n Throughout this investigation, the variable n (the value in the phrase "nth term") is used to refer to terms in sequences. Terms are compared to, and expressed as functions of, n. However, in order to be able to identify the value of n for a random shape, we must define what the first term is in each sequence, and relate n to a physical

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Fencing Prblem

Introduction A Farmer has a plot of land. She has only 1000m of fencing. She wants to fence off a plot of land. She is not concerned about the shape but the perimeter has to be exactly 1000m. The fenced off area has to be the maximum contained area. I am going to investigate the shape or shapes that could be used to fence in the maximum area using exactly 1000 metres of fencing each time. Firstly, I am going to investigate 3 - sided shapes - triangles, 4 - sided shapes-quadrilaterals and 5 sided shapes-pentagons. From there on I am going to gather the results and see if I need to investigate any further. TRIANGLES In first part of my coursework I am going to investigate different types of triangles. Firstly I will look at Isosceles triangles. The formula for triangles: There are two ways of working out the area. You will get the same answer with either formula. > Area = 1/2 x base x height > Area = base x height 2 Triangle 1 450m 450m 100m I divide the Isosceles triangle 450 m2 - 50m2 = Height m2 202,500 - 2,500 = 200,000 Height = square root of 200,000 Height = 447.21 to two decimal places. To calculate the area of this Isosceles triangle we calculate: Area = 1/2 x base x height Area = 1/2 x 100 x 447.21 Area = 22,361 m2 (meter squared) to the nearest whole number. Triangle 2 I chose a different size isosceles triangle to continue my

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Impacts of tourism Positive and Negative effects in Castleton

Impacts of tourism Positive and Negative effects I have discovered that many locals heavily rely upon tourists to earn their livings and to afford to live in such an expensive area as Castleton, where a small cottage will cost about £100,000. Locals running services for tourists do inflate their prices therefore creating much profit, particularly in the summer months. This is not a problem for locals as their lives and livelihoods have certainly been protected by the attraction of the quaint village in the countryside which is appealing to many city dwellers, i will go into detail on these issues later in this section of my project. There is also a downside to this for the locals. The locals don't have many services for themselves in the village, there are virtually no shops for locals. Also tourists cause many other problems such as traffic - the roads are often congested, litter and noise. There are also some conflicts over land use. The locals do have some benefits from the tourist industry, such as good public transport links, but they wish for something to be done about the many problems in the village. I am using the my primary data and some of my secondary data to do this part of the fieldwork. At the differant sites differant thing were observed about the litter, the noise, the buildings, the crime, the erosion, the traffic, the pollution, the vegetation, the

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My investigation is about a farmer who has exactly 1000 metres of fencing and wants to use all of it to fence off the maximum area of land possible. I want to find the regular polygon that will have the maximum area with a perimeter

Mathematics Investigation The Fencing Problem. By Waseem khalique My investigation is about a farmer who has exactly 1000 metres of fencing and wants to use all of it to fence off the maximum area of land possible. I want to find the regular polygon that will have the maximum area with a perimeter (or circumference) of exactly 1000 metres (m). I also want to look at compound shapes and see how their areas compare to those of the earlier shapes I looked at. I assume that the land is flat and that there is no need to leave gaps in the fencing for gates or anything. I also presume that the fence can be flexible i.e. will be able to curve into a circle. First of all I am going to look at rectangles, also known as irregular quadrilaterals, quad meaning 4, as not all the angles and sides are the same. I already know that to find the area (A) of a rectangle you multiply the length (L) by the width (W): Area = Length x Width I am going to start with a rectangle with a length of is 475m and a width of 25m, the reason why I am not making the length 950m and the width 50m is because the perimeter will add up to 2000m and not 1000m. It is now simple to find out the area of the rectangle because all I have to do is put the numbers into the equation: A = L x W A = 475 x 25 A = 11875m2 I could try and find the area of a rectangle with a length of 25m and a width of 475m but

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Estimation of ð

Shayan Ghosh IB HL Mathematics 3rd May 2002 Estimation of ? Finding an approximate value of ? by finding the area of a circle with radius of 1cm. This estimation will be done by calculating the areas of two n-sided polygons, one inscribed and the other circumscribed. Fig. 1 . The area of a circle is given by the formula A= ?r² (where A = area, r = radius). For a circle with a radius of 1cm, the area now becomes, A = ? × 1² = ?. So if we knew the area of a circle with a radius of 1cm, we would automatically get the value of ?. The sides of the circumscribed polygon touch the circle at parts just slightly. However, as the sides of the polygon touch the circle from the outside, the area of the circumscribed polygon is slightly greater than that of the circle. The inscribed polygon's vertices touch the circle from inside; therefore the area of the inscribed polygon is slightly less than that of the circle. Mathematically therefore, Ai < ? < Ac Ai = area of inscribed polygon and Ac = area of circumscribed polygon As the number of sides of the polygon, n, grows, the difference in areas between each polygon and the circle will decrease, and therefore the average value of the areas will converge onto the actual value of ?. 2. Fig. 2 To find the area of the inscribed n-sided polygon, we first have to find the area of one isosceles triangle, which has one angle

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Otis Ridge is a classic little area in a scenic area of the state of Massachusetts.

Joshua Gendron Narrative Essay OTIS RIDGE Otis Ridge is a classic little area in a scenic area of the state of Massachusetts. It looks like an area from the sixties. Otis Ridge ski area offers thrills and complicated snowboard jumps for the thrill seekers like me. I learned how to snowboard at Otis Ridge. Having gone to a couple other ski areas, I was able to compare what they offer to Otis Ridge. Otis has an excellent Ski Camp for youths. It is a great place to ski or snowboard. It is inexpensive and worth every dime you spend. The trails are small but never get old. I have been to the larger mountains, but Otis is still the place I return to year after year. I've been skiing at Otis since I was seven. I have been to various larger mountains in New England and boarded almost all of their trails, just to find out that I liked skiing at Otis more. The larger mountains are crowded, busy, and in some cases confusing, not to mention extremely over priced. The Ridge may be small but the trails can run thin, have good bumps and present challenges. They have awesome snowmaking, low prices, and great night skiing. Otis Ridge has a vertical drop of four hundred feet. Its top elevation is at one thousand seven hundred feet above sea level. Its base elevation where the lodge is located is at one thousand three hundred feet above sea level. It has a rather old-fashioned chair

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Based on the development of the BristolHarbourside the title that I chosen for my project is

Planning Section Aim Based on the development of the Bristol Harbourside the title that I chosen for my project is "The Redevelopment of Canon's March, Bristol" Prediction I predict that the majority of people who I ask to fill in my questionnaires will like the improvements that have occurred at the Canon's March Location As a harbour on the river Avon, Bristol has a history dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. It was a Saxon town, at the merge of the Avon and Frome rivers - a good vantage point for a port. It first appeared on the map as 'Brigstow'. By the 1500s, it was a major port for the export of wool, and in the 1600s sailors set out from Bristol in search of new fishing grounds and markets. In the 1700s the port at Bristol was a centre for the slave trade, and many people made their fortune out of the market. However, when the abolition of slavery came about in the 1800s, Bristol turned its attention to shipbuilding. However, two things have caused the downturn of Bristol as a working dock. Firstly, and most importantly, ships simply outgrew Bristol's docks. The size of the newer vessels meant they could not get up the Avon. Avonmouth docks were built to replace the docks in Bristol. Avonmouth has a deep-water port that can accommodate for huge ships. It imports mainly cars, coal and animal foods. The second reason was that the export market swung round from the

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