Candidate Number - @parlour.of.palm
Component code – GEOG
To what extent does Ormskirk
follow the Egan Wheel?
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1 | Introduction
,Candidate Number - @parlour.of.palm
Component code – GEOG
Contents:
pg3. Introduction and Purpose of Investigation
pg7. Methodology and Data Collection Techniques
pg19. Data Presentation and Analysis
pg28. Conclusion and Evaluations
pg41. Bibliography
pg43. Appendix
2 | Introduction
,Candidate Number - @parlour.of.palm
Component code – GEOG
To what extent does Ormskirk follow the Egan Wheel?
Introduction
Purpose and Wider Context
This topic has been chosen due to the increasing risk of climate change, global
warming, and the negative impacts of the rise in consumerism in the last few
decades, all of which call for an increase in sustainable and environmentally
sensitive living. For example, in 2012, the UK generated two hundred million
tonnes of waste” in which “households generated 14%” (Digby, et al., 2016)
Sustainability is defined as “meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Dunn,
et al., 2016) This investigation is based on the Egan Wheel and focuses on three
out of the eight categories (Transport & connectivity, Housing & built
environment and Environmental.)
Figure 1: The Egan Wheel. Source: (Egan, 2004)
The Egan Wheel was created by Sir John Egan in 2004 after the Deputy
Prime Minister asked him to consider how communities could be more
sustainable. A community must use natural resources effectively, better the
3 | Introduction
, Candidate Number - @parlour.of.palm
Component code – GEOG
environment, strengthen economic success and promote social wellbeing and
inclusion to be considered sustainable by Egan. This model will be used to
investigate how much of a sustainable community the chosen area of Ormskirk
is by seeing how well it fits into the three categories chosen.
Figure 2 - A mind map to show the basic structure of the project, based off the Egan Wheel
criteria.
An example of a sustainable community that meets these criteria is Vauban
in Freiburg, Germany. It is reported to be the most sustainable town in the world
with features like grassed tram ways, fully solar panelled rooves and anaerobic
organic waste digesters which produce biogas for cooking. Public transport is
preferred by the people of Vauban and although there are roads, they are said to
be rarely used. This may be due to “70% of the population [living] within 1/2 km
from a tram stop.” as well as “biking accounting for over 1/4 of all transportation
in the city.” (Barnes, 2020) It will be interesting to see how similar Ormskirk is to
this town, to see how the people of Ormskirk prefer to travel and if there are
factors preventing statistics from being closer to that of Vauban.
4 | Introduction
Component code – GEOG
To what extent does Ormskirk
follow the Egan Wheel?
Parlour of Palm
Word Count:
1 | Introduction
,Candidate Number - @parlour.of.palm
Component code – GEOG
Contents:
pg3. Introduction and Purpose of Investigation
pg7. Methodology and Data Collection Techniques
pg19. Data Presentation and Analysis
pg28. Conclusion and Evaluations
pg41. Bibliography
pg43. Appendix
2 | Introduction
,Candidate Number - @parlour.of.palm
Component code – GEOG
To what extent does Ormskirk follow the Egan Wheel?
Introduction
Purpose and Wider Context
This topic has been chosen due to the increasing risk of climate change, global
warming, and the negative impacts of the rise in consumerism in the last few
decades, all of which call for an increase in sustainable and environmentally
sensitive living. For example, in 2012, the UK generated two hundred million
tonnes of waste” in which “households generated 14%” (Digby, et al., 2016)
Sustainability is defined as “meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Dunn,
et al., 2016) This investigation is based on the Egan Wheel and focuses on three
out of the eight categories (Transport & connectivity, Housing & built
environment and Environmental.)
Figure 1: The Egan Wheel. Source: (Egan, 2004)
The Egan Wheel was created by Sir John Egan in 2004 after the Deputy
Prime Minister asked him to consider how communities could be more
sustainable. A community must use natural resources effectively, better the
3 | Introduction
, Candidate Number - @parlour.of.palm
Component code – GEOG
environment, strengthen economic success and promote social wellbeing and
inclusion to be considered sustainable by Egan. This model will be used to
investigate how much of a sustainable community the chosen area of Ormskirk
is by seeing how well it fits into the three categories chosen.
Figure 2 - A mind map to show the basic structure of the project, based off the Egan Wheel
criteria.
An example of a sustainable community that meets these criteria is Vauban
in Freiburg, Germany. It is reported to be the most sustainable town in the world
with features like grassed tram ways, fully solar panelled rooves and anaerobic
organic waste digesters which produce biogas for cooking. Public transport is
preferred by the people of Vauban and although there are roads, they are said to
be rarely used. This may be due to “70% of the population [living] within 1/2 km
from a tram stop.” as well as “biking accounting for over 1/4 of all transportation
in the city.” (Barnes, 2020) It will be interesting to see how similar Ormskirk is to
this town, to see how the people of Ormskirk prefer to travel and if there are
factors preventing statistics from being closer to that of Vauban.
4 | Introduction
