Senior Geography Project

Research Plan due: Friday Week 1 T2 2/5/08 SGP Final Report: Due Wednesday Week 1 Term 3 23/7/08

Guide and Research Plan

• Allows you to– Outline the area you will study for your

SGP– Develop a hypothesis to investigate– Identify what data you will require and

how you will collect it

• Due Friday 2nd May 2008(week 1 Term 2)

Area of Study

Demonstrate ( show by example) the existence of the urban dynamic(s) operating in a suburb of your choice. Describe (provide characteristics) and account (state reasons for) the likely future trends of the suburb

Urban Dynamics

• Suburbanisation• Exurbanisation• Counterurbanisation• Decentralisation • Spatial exclusion• Urban village

• Consolidation• Urban Decay• Urban Renewal

Suburbanisation

The movement of people, employment and facilities away from the inner city towards the outer urban areas.

Why? Examples?

Exurbanisation

A process whereby people, usually affluent, move from the city to rural areas but continue to maintain an urban way of life, either through long-distance commuting or technology.

Why? Examples?

Counterurbanisation

A marked decline in the total population or the growth rate of the population of large metropolitan areas and the subsequent growth of smaller urban centres at their expense.

Why? Examples?

Decentralisation

The dispersal of activities and people from large urban centres to smaller urban centres and rural communities

Why? Examples?

Consolidation

Policies that encourage higher population densities in established suburban areas.

Why? Examples?

Urban Decay

The deterioration of the built environment.

Why? Examples?

Urban Renewal

The redevelopment of an urban area.

Why? Examples?

Urban Village

• Distinctive residential districts comprising a clustering of people with a common culture and forming an identifiable community

Why? Examples?

Spatial Exclusion

• Luxury lifestyles which have resulted in restrictions in spatial access and the freedom of movement of other urban dwellers eg high security suburbs and walled estates

Why? Examples?

Future Trends

• www.keepitlocal.org.au• www.planning.nsw.gov.au• www.handsoffcouncils.org

Useful websites• http://www.multimap.com/maps/#t=l&map=-22.55552,139.11846

|3|4 useful for location

• http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?ReadForm&prenavtabname=Location%20Search&&&navmapdisplayed=true&javascript=true&textversion=false&collection=Census&period=2006&producttype=Community%20Profiles&method=&productlabel=&breadcrumb=PL&topic=& ABS census data

• http://www.abs.gov.au/ ABS census data• http://www.heritage.gov.au/ourhouse/contents.html Archival info• http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/picman/ Archival photos• http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/d3310114.nsf/Home/census

ABS census data• http://www.communitywalk.com/ Design a walk through your

community• http://grapher.hrw.com/grapher.htm Use software to graph stats• http://www.domain.com.au/public/apm/suburbprofile/default.aspx?mode=buy

Demographic profiles on all of Sydney’s suburbs

Hints for Writing Effective Letters

In the SGP

In your letter you need to• Provide your address and the sender’s address• Target someone specific. Call ahead and find out

the name of the relevant person• Introduce yourself• Explain the nature of your project and the type of

information that you are looking for • Specify a way that you will collect the information

(self addressed envelope, phone call or personal visit).

• Thank them for their time• Provide a stamped, self addressed envelope so

they can reply.

Letter Writing

• To whom do I write ?• What do I ask ? • How do I write it ?

North Shore Historical Society

• The Society was founded in 1958 and aims to further the knowledge of local history and to foster an interest in history generally in local school children.

• Publications:Journal, three times per year; monthly one page bulletin.

• Phone:02 9955 1921Contact:Brian Evesson (President)

• Address:PO Box 325 Cammeray NSW 2062

• Email:bevesson@bigpond.net.au

Frank Sartor – Future trends

• Minister Sartor• Department of Planning• GPO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001• planningreform@planning.nsw.gov.au

Letter writing

• If you want to get an interview use appropriate gentle language when requesting an interview.

• Eg “Could you recommend people for me to interview to gain an insight into these changes”

Designing Surveys for your SGP

• Do want a CLOSED & an OPEN survey ??• Closed:• Example• What best describes your age group ?

Ages responses total

<20

20 to 40

40 to 60

Over 60

The totals may then be

graphed and analysed

Closed Survey• In which age group do you best fit?• In which income group do you best fit? • What suburb do you live in? How long have you

lived in this suburb?• In which style of housing do you live in?• What is your occupation?• To what extent do you think that there has been

an increase in more densely settled buildings in recent years?

• http://www.accesscable.net/~infopoll/tips.htm

This website may be of some use for your survey

Rank Order tasks

• Rank the attractiveness of the new building • (1 being very attractive to 5 being ugly)

rank responses total

1

2

3

4

5

Open Survey• Good for specific one off interviews

Using Photos in the SGP

• When you refer to objects a photograph, use the correct language – foreground, middle ground, background, top left, bottom right etc.

• You photograph should have a relevant caption describing when and where the picture was taken.

Using Photos in the SGP

• Describe what the picture/diagram shows (patterns/trends)

• Point out the relevant geographical processes

• Discuss the implications of these processes