Land Use Survey

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Land Use Survey

Aim

--I am doing this survey to see how the land is used in Rotherham Town

centre.

--I will see which variety and types of buildings etc shops, offices,

make up the main part of Rotherham and spot vacant shops and land use

patterns of shops, offices etc.

Hypothesis

· I think that there will be a small variety of different types of

shops because I think Rotherham Town centre is very small.

· I think that all the big brand high street chain shops e.g. W H

Smiths, will be located in the pedestrianised areas and this will be

in a small area of the Town centre because there are only a few

pedestrianised areas in town.

· I think that because Rotherham Town centre is unpopular there will

be many vacant shops and low order convenience stores.

Method

We carried out our transects, in groups for safety, in the most

popular shopping areas and the routes into the Town centre as this is

where the buildings etc that people use are found. These places were

Wellgate, Effingham Street, College Street, Doncaster Gate and High

Street.

1) We started our transects at 9:00 am for the reason that the Town

centre will be less crowded.

2) The first place we went to draw our transects was Wellgate, as it

is nearest to school, at the bottom of Mansfield Road.

3) The first transect went from Wellgate along College Street to

Effingham Street to the library as this is a popular area.

4) The second transect went from Ship Hill along High Street to

Doncaster Gate Hospital.

5) To complete the transects I used a key and noted down letters which

symbolised the different types of services available.

6) To neaten my transects I used a colour code and used squared paper.

Then I also transferred my transect onto a large A3 map of Rotherham

Town.

Interpretation of Transect

From my results I can clearly see that my hypothesizes are correct.

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