56/60 AQA A-Level Geography NEA
,How accurate are media
representations of Colchester?
, CONTENTS
List of figures – pp.3
Introduction – pp.4-8
- Aim – pp.4
- Links to Specification – pp.4
- Hypotheses – pp.4
- Hypotheses Justifications – pp.5-6
- Location of study and background information –
pp.7-8
- Justification of location – pp.8
Methodology – pp.9-15
- Questionnaire (hypotheses 1 & 2) - pp.9-10
- Clone Town Surveys (hypothesis 2) - pp.11-12
- Photographs (hypothesis 2) - pp.13
- Environmental Quality Surveys – pp.13-14
- Risk Assessment – pp.15
Data Presentation and Analysis – pp.16-28
- Hypothesis 1 – pp.16-20
- Hypothesis 2 – pp.20-25
- Hypothesis 3 – pp.25-28
Evaluations – pp.29
Ethical Issues & Considerations – pp.30
Conclusions – pp.30-31
, LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Factors affecting the character of places
Figure 2: Sustainable marketing on websites for housing developments in Colchester
Figure 3: Map of Colchester City Centre
Figure 4: Map showing Colchester at a regional scale
Figure 5: Map showing Colchester at a national scale
Figure 6: Population growth in Colchester, 2011-2021
Figure 7: Population pyramid for Colchester, 2020
Figure 8: Demographic change in Colchester, 2011-2021
Figure 9: Personalising the start of the questionnaire to aid data validity
Figure 10: Excerpts from the first section of the questionnaire
Figure 11: Excerpts from the second section of the questionnaire
Figure 12: Clone Town Survey Template – Methodology
Figure 13: Map of Colchester in the 1990s
Figure 14: Map of Colchester High Street in 2023
Figure 15: Looking up Colchester High Street in 2009 using Google Street View
Figure 16: Looking up Colchester High Street in 2023 during clone town data collection
Figure 17: Screenshot of Air Quality Website
Figure 18: Map showing locations of EQS sites across Colchester
Figure 19: Photograph of the old Severalls Hospital site
Figure 20a: Risk Assessment – Clone Town Survey and Environmental Quality Surveys
Figure 20b: Risk Assessment – Risk Rating Methodology
Figure 21: Map showing how areas of Colchester compare to the national crime rate
Figure 22: Pie chart showing perceptions of crime rate in Colchester
Figure 23: Bar chart showing perceptions of safety in Colchester
Figure 24: Line graph showing perceptions of education in Colchester
Figure 25: Bar chart showing perceptions of wealth inequality in Colchester
Figure 26: Bar chart showing perceptions of traffic in Colchester
Figure 27: Pie chart showing opinions on the decline of Colchester
Figure 28: Bar chart showing opinions on Colchester as the most miserable place to live in in the UK
Figure 29: Comments on Colchester in a national context
Figure 30: Word cloud showing the most frequent words used to describe Colchester City Centre
Figure 31: Comments on the causes of the decline of Colchester’s city centre
Figure 32: Line graph showing the decrease in Colchester’s clone town score over time
Figure 33: Bar chart showing the change in Colchester’s shop types over time
Figure 34: Map showing the number and distribution of chain stores on Colchester High Street in the 1990s
Figure 35: GIS map showing the number and distribution of chain stores on Colchester High Street in 2023
Figure 36: Photograph of the Severalls Housing Development
Figure 37: Photograph of the Chitts Hill Housing Development
Figure 38: Photograph of the Chesterwell Oaks Housing Development
Figure 39: Photograph of the Elizabeth Gardens Housing Development, Rochford
Figure 40: Photograph of the Wolsey Park Housing Development, Rayleigh
Figure 41: Pie chart showing residents’ opinions on Colchester’s identity
Figure 42: Bar Chart showing residents’ opinions of the importance of Roman history to Colchester’s character
Figure 43: Bar Chart showing residents’ opinions on the relative importance of endogenous factors to Colchester’s
character
Figure 44: Bar Chart showing residents’ attachments to Colchester’s Roman history
Figure 45: Comments from residents on attachment to Colchester’s Roman history
Figure 46: Pie Chart showing residents’ connections with Roman history in the past year
Figure 47: Pie Chart showing residents’ attendance at cultural events/locations in Colchester in the past year
Figure 48: Pie Chart showing average EQS scores
Figure 49: GIS map showing EQS scores at all 34 sites of data collection
Figure 50: GIS map showing EQS scores at all 34 sites of data collection, categorized by site type
Figure 51: Bar Chart showing average traffic scores for the EQS sites
Figure 52: Bar Chart showing average general quality scores for the EQS sites
Figure 53: Bar Chart showing building scores for the EQS sites
,How accurate are media
representations of Colchester?
, CONTENTS
List of figures – pp.3
Introduction – pp.4-8
- Aim – pp.4
- Links to Specification – pp.4
- Hypotheses – pp.4
- Hypotheses Justifications – pp.5-6
- Location of study and background information –
pp.7-8
- Justification of location – pp.8
Methodology – pp.9-15
- Questionnaire (hypotheses 1 & 2) - pp.9-10
- Clone Town Surveys (hypothesis 2) - pp.11-12
- Photographs (hypothesis 2) - pp.13
- Environmental Quality Surveys – pp.13-14
- Risk Assessment – pp.15
Data Presentation and Analysis – pp.16-28
- Hypothesis 1 – pp.16-20
- Hypothesis 2 – pp.20-25
- Hypothesis 3 – pp.25-28
Evaluations – pp.29
Ethical Issues & Considerations – pp.30
Conclusions – pp.30-31
, LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Factors affecting the character of places
Figure 2: Sustainable marketing on websites for housing developments in Colchester
Figure 3: Map of Colchester City Centre
Figure 4: Map showing Colchester at a regional scale
Figure 5: Map showing Colchester at a national scale
Figure 6: Population growth in Colchester, 2011-2021
Figure 7: Population pyramid for Colchester, 2020
Figure 8: Demographic change in Colchester, 2011-2021
Figure 9: Personalising the start of the questionnaire to aid data validity
Figure 10: Excerpts from the first section of the questionnaire
Figure 11: Excerpts from the second section of the questionnaire
Figure 12: Clone Town Survey Template – Methodology
Figure 13: Map of Colchester in the 1990s
Figure 14: Map of Colchester High Street in 2023
Figure 15: Looking up Colchester High Street in 2009 using Google Street View
Figure 16: Looking up Colchester High Street in 2023 during clone town data collection
Figure 17: Screenshot of Air Quality Website
Figure 18: Map showing locations of EQS sites across Colchester
Figure 19: Photograph of the old Severalls Hospital site
Figure 20a: Risk Assessment – Clone Town Survey and Environmental Quality Surveys
Figure 20b: Risk Assessment – Risk Rating Methodology
Figure 21: Map showing how areas of Colchester compare to the national crime rate
Figure 22: Pie chart showing perceptions of crime rate in Colchester
Figure 23: Bar chart showing perceptions of safety in Colchester
Figure 24: Line graph showing perceptions of education in Colchester
Figure 25: Bar chart showing perceptions of wealth inequality in Colchester
Figure 26: Bar chart showing perceptions of traffic in Colchester
Figure 27: Pie chart showing opinions on the decline of Colchester
Figure 28: Bar chart showing opinions on Colchester as the most miserable place to live in in the UK
Figure 29: Comments on Colchester in a national context
Figure 30: Word cloud showing the most frequent words used to describe Colchester City Centre
Figure 31: Comments on the causes of the decline of Colchester’s city centre
Figure 32: Line graph showing the decrease in Colchester’s clone town score over time
Figure 33: Bar chart showing the change in Colchester’s shop types over time
Figure 34: Map showing the number and distribution of chain stores on Colchester High Street in the 1990s
Figure 35: GIS map showing the number and distribution of chain stores on Colchester High Street in 2023
Figure 36: Photograph of the Severalls Housing Development
Figure 37: Photograph of the Chitts Hill Housing Development
Figure 38: Photograph of the Chesterwell Oaks Housing Development
Figure 39: Photograph of the Elizabeth Gardens Housing Development, Rochford
Figure 40: Photograph of the Wolsey Park Housing Development, Rayleigh
Figure 41: Pie chart showing residents’ opinions on Colchester’s identity
Figure 42: Bar Chart showing residents’ opinions of the importance of Roman history to Colchester’s character
Figure 43: Bar Chart showing residents’ opinions on the relative importance of endogenous factors to Colchester’s
character
Figure 44: Bar Chart showing residents’ attachments to Colchester’s Roman history
Figure 45: Comments from residents on attachment to Colchester’s Roman history
Figure 46: Pie Chart showing residents’ connections with Roman history in the past year
Figure 47: Pie Chart showing residents’ attendance at cultural events/locations in Colchester in the past year
Figure 48: Pie Chart showing average EQS scores
Figure 49: GIS map showing EQS scores at all 34 sites of data collection
Figure 50: GIS map showing EQS scores at all 34 sites of data collection, categorized by site type
Figure 51: Bar Chart showing average traffic scores for the EQS sites
Figure 52: Bar Chart showing average general quality scores for the EQS sites
Figure 53: Bar Chart showing building scores for the EQS sites
