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Development of the Controlled Assessment task for 2015

Development of the Controlled Assessment task for 2015. Jo Harris FSC Teaching Officer Juniper Hall Field Centre 15 th October 2013. Task Information (2015 submission). Investigate the factors that help to create a sustainable residential community

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Development of the Controlled Assessment task for 2015

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  1. Development of the Controlled Assessment task for 2015 Jo Harris FSC Teaching Officer Juniper Hall Field Centre 15th October 2013

  2. Task Information(2015 submission) • Investigate the factors that help to create a sustainable residential community • 4.3 How might sustainable residential communities be planned?

  3. What’s different? • Sustainable Communities study focuses on sustainability aspects relating to equality, water, transport, energy, waste and materials • Many field techniques are similar to Quality of Life studies, BUT a study that just focuses on equality would not be appropriate.

  4. Geographical model / theory The Egan Wheel of sustainability

  5. Geographical model / theory Sir John Egan identified that... sustainable communities should: • make effective use of natural resources • enhance the environment • promote social cohesion & inclusion • strengthen economic prosperity

  6. Geographical model / theory Egan Wheel of sustainability

  7. Surveys Housing density and off street parking

  8. Surveys Street Tranquillity and Greenery

  9. Surveys

  10. Surveys Traffic flows, Speed of Traffic & Congestion

  11. Surveys People watching

  12. Questionnaires Who knows an area best? Obviously it is the people who live, work and spend their lives there. http://www.placecheck.info/

  13. Questionnaires What do you like about Dorking? What do you dislike about Dorking? What needs to be changed? Who needs to be involved?

  14. Questionnaires

  15. Crime observation surveys Anti crime features in the built environment

  16. Crime observation surveys Crime likelihood assessment

  17. Service provision ...within each survey area

  18. Transport • Examine the timetables at a bus stop and mark the routes onto a base map of the area. • Identify areas that are not served and measure the distance required to travel to the nearest service.

  19. Building surveys Sustainable buildings Building design & sustainable futures: • Materials used / double glazing / renewables

  20. Building surveys

  21. Stakeholder interviews Community action groups A community led initiative DNA enables people to...• Say what they really want • Discuss the practicalities of ideas and projects • Consider a vision for the future • Develop an action plan making that vision a reality www.dorkingdna.org

  22. Photographic evidence

  23. Jo Harris FSC London and Juniper Hall Jo jo.ldn@field-studies-council.org www.field-studies-council.org

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