Section 9: How does my neighbourhood compare with others?

You must complete this section if you want to get a B grade or higher in your coursework. This is the section which links your coursework with some geographical ideas or theories.

Again, this section comes in 2 parts:

1. Compare your neighbourhood with another neighbourhood

• Find a friend who has done environmental quality surveys in a different part of Long Eaton.
• Swap environmental quality surveys with them.
• Make sure you include a map to show the location of the 2 neighbourhoods.
• Compare the information that your friend has collected with the information that you collected - you could present this information as graphs.
• Describe what the data tells you about the two neighbourhoods - are they very similar or very different? Do they have some common features e.g. parking problems, or good street lighting.

2. How does your neighbourhood compare with models of land use?

• You should compare your neighbourhood with land use models like Burgess or Mann.
• The Burgess model suggests that environmental quality should improve the further you travel from the CBD.
• Where does your neighbourhood fit into this model?
• There is some information about land use models on the G drive.