Swanage Geography Coursework

This is the first of the 2 hypotheses I am going to be counseling on in my coursework, I forget be using a variety of graphs and relevant statistics to indicate my hypothesis. Through come forward my coursework you pass on nonice how I go out link back my ex political platformation towards my hypothesis and guard my opinion of how supports in Swanage lease holidaymakers to be able to run their business successfully.* Retail Opportunities In Swanage desperately Need To Be Re organiseed To Take Into Account The Needs Of Local PopulationThis provide be the secondment of the 2 hypothesises I forget be snap on and underdeveloped as well. This hypothesis is well-nigh redeveloping shops in Swanage that need to be redeveloped I will be working on this near the set aside of my coursework as I do see beas which ar in desperate need of im upraisement. As I developing the aras of Swanage which need developing I will give explanations as to wherefore I do that alternative and what positive impacts can come from it. situate Map of SwanageFor my coursework I was asked to produce a Site Map of Swanage which shows the 6 different sweeps of the area.* Tourist Facilities* Retail Streets* Holiday Flats* Hotels* Residential Leisure* Residential HousesAs you can see from figure 1.2 I withalk the liberty of colour coding these areas so that it would be easier to canvas later for future reference in my coursework. From the Site Map you can see that at that place is macroscopic amount of Tourist Facilities. This advertize proves my hypothesis 1 which I will discuss later in my coursework.Why is Swanage a Tourist Attraction?Swanage is a place where it is unlikely for you to walking around aimlessly doing nonhing this is cardinal of the flat coats why tourists enjoy dish the dirting the area. at that place are a lot of things tourists could involving themselves with in Swanage. They could visit the beach or go to the retail stores or just relax and enjoy the fit. The main reason why pile would go to Swanage is simply because it is any(prenominal)(prenominal) affordable and enjoyable le which are the two important factor of a vacation. tourism is in truth important in Swanage because without it the facilities that are macrocosm opened in Swanage will eventu wholey close d declare payable to no profit thereby no developments will be made, which will make swanage a place that wouldnt be nice to visit.Geology of Swanage beachIn Figure 1.3 you can see it is fairly detailed geological diagram of swanage beach, it also shows all the rocks involved within the beach which will be useful to virtually geographers.BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF SWANAGEOn this Page in my coursework I will give statistics and graphs close to some of the relevant cultivation on Swanage like population, Employment Rate, Age Structure etc. From these results it should give me a clear indication more or less Swanage and its history.Population of SwanageI n Figure 2.1 it shows both the statistics and the graph of the Population of Swanage as you can throughout the eld is has increased in population. However from the year 1921-1931 there was a major decrease in population. This is plausibly due to mass migrating out of the area because of expenses of houses or pot just simply needinessed to fall out. From 1951 to 2001 there is a constant increase meaning in the future Swanage will overpopulate due to the large tourists and residents.2001 Census Data for SwanageIn Figure 2.2 you can see that it shows both statistics and graphs for the population of priapic and Females in Swanage and Dorset. Obviously Swanage is a smaller area than Dorset so Dorsets results will obviously be great in population. In both areas Females nominate a higher population than Males. The reason for this is probably because there are much retail shops that attract for Females than Males.Age StructureThis Graph shows the Age structure of nation from both Dorset and Swanage. From Figure 2.3 you can see that the great deal from (18-44) and (60-84) vex the highest amount of %. This shows that middle aged people anticipate in Swanage and Dorset than Older or Younger people. This means that most residential people who live in Swanage confine Jobs or lay down Part- conviction Job and owns a house or an apartment. There are hardly any 16-17 yr olds also there arent that many elderly people as well.ConclusionFrom all of the statistics I select I will make a final coda that Swanage will gradually increase in population which would have more than(prenominal) females than males. Also most of the residents would have Jobs because most of the population in Swanage are aged form 18-84.EXTENT OF TOURISMThe Importance of TourismIn Swanage Tourism is especially important as that is what keep the area going cash-wise, without tourism the townsfolkship would not get no profit therefore will not be able to develop their area. From the land use map there is a pattern which shows how the shops for Tourists are near the beach as the beach is the most popular sight in the area. This is what will get tourists motivated to shop in the area. In summer time the tourist visiting rate will increase as the scenery will seem better due to the fact that the weather is beautiful.Who benefits from tourism?The retail store owners would partially benefit from tourism as they are gaining profit from their business which will supporter them for the future. The whole area of swanage will benefit from tourism as well because with their money Swanage will be able to further develop into something better.TOURIST QUESTIONNAIREFor my coursework I was asked to create a questionnaire based on the tourists of swanage I asked a target of different questions based on relevant information I needed to muster out. On this foliate I will focus on a few questions in item that will help prove my first hypothesis. The first question I came crossway s is in figure 4.1 it was to find out which shops tourists use when they are obtain. As you can see from the graph the two highest selected Shops were Restaurants and Supermarkets.This Graph tells me that most people would visit Supermarkets and restaurants while they are in swanage. This doesnt surprise because on the geography I came a across a handful of Supermarkets and Restaurants for Tourists to visit so this is an obvious result. So far this proving my hypothesis because restaurants and Supermarkets are the natural things a tourist require so the retail stores would make those types of shops accessible for tourists.This is other question that I have been focusing on in the questionnaire. What this Pie Chart is telling is that because of the impact of tourism, tourism has influenced the area to diversify the way they run their shops. This is a positive impact as this will persuade more tourists to visit because of the demands previous tourists have made. As you can see fr om the graph because of tourism there are more restaurants opening and gift shops are opening as well. These are popular retail store for tourist which explains the results.This is the final question I will be bringing forward for discussion as this is one of the most important questions. As you can see from the Pie Chart Tourists would like Easier elevator car placeing boilers suit, this is very understandable because on week days and weekends tourists would want to visit shops however the only things delaying their shopping time is Parking. If Tourists have more parking then more Tourists will be able to shop thereby giving more profit towards swanage. Another improvements that the tourists have mention was the fact that most of the shops need to be open of Sundays this will give them more shopping time to do farthermost minute shopping which is bound to happen at one point or another. If they put this improvement forward swanage will gain more profit.RESIDENTS QUESTIONNAIRETh is is one question I chose from the residents Questionnaire which shows which area Residents visit to shop in the contact area. Wareham was the most mentioned. The reason for this is because there is more variety of shops to visit which would keep local people interested. I would imagine that it would closer to their work so the journey would be easier. Another key reason why residents would want to shop elsewhere besides Swanage is because there us easier parking so they will be able to visit shops faster.This is one issue that will lead more local people to shop elsewhere besides swanage the reason being, no straightforward car parking facilities. From the Pie chart it shows that 78% have in mind that there no car parks being provided for local people. As I say ahead because of this issue swanage will lead local people out of the area due to the fact that they have nowhere to park their cars.These are the improvements suggested by the residents of Swanage overall it is simila r to the Tourists improvements as both mentioned Car Park as their main concern. Both would rather excellent Car Parking than Shops, I imagine both residents and tourists are annoyed with Car Parks which is the reason they brought it up in the questionnaires. One improvement mentioned in the resident questionnaire which relates back to figure 2.2 is that people require more hairdressers. Because there are more females than males in swanage it is quite obvious that women would be demanding more womanly stores.ConclusionGathering information from both Questionnaire it is serious to say that the main improvement it Car Parks which is an understandable request. People from swanage should pick up this on get along with and make a bigger car park in swanage. They have not got anything to lose because more car parks means more people which means more shoppers which eventually lead to money that they can use to redevelop swanage.RETAIL MAP OF SWANAGEConclusionAs you can see from the anno tations I have made you can get a clear idea of the types of shops open on shew road and Station road. Institute road would be a great place for tourists as there are more shops which would be suitable for them, Residents would not find shops on Institute road facilitative as they are specifically aimed at tourist to persuade them to stay in swanage and the way to do that is to feed them with cheap advertisements. Residents would prefer shops on Station Road as there are shops that are aimed at residents as well as Tourists so everyone would be satisfied on station road. gap AND CLOSING TIMES OF SHOPSTHE SECOND HYPOTHESISRetail Opportunities in Swanage urgently need to be redeveloped to take into account the needs of local populationThis is the second hypothesis I will be focusing on and developing as well. This hypothesis is about redeveloping shops in Swanage that need to be redeveloped I will be working on areas which are in desperate need of improvement. As I developing the ar eas of Swanage which need developing I will give explanations as to why I made that choice and what positive impacts can come from it. The main reason I am going to improve swanage town is because of the improvements people have stated in both the resident questionnaire and tourist questionnaires. The improvements they have made are realistic and true towards the area of swanage.Why would you improve swanage?There are many reasons as to why people would want to improve swanage the obvious reason is to make the living conditions better and the facilities to be more flexible with the needs of residents and tourists. Gathering information from the both questionnaires I feel that swanage does need improving. Better Car Parking would be a huge improvement as most people feel that is a huge downfall in swanage, there is never enough parking. More variety of shops is one vestige that also seems to be popular in the tourist questionnaire which is understandable as tourists visit areas to s hop not to be bored. Opening and Closing times of shops in another issue in swanage, it seems that shops close too early for residents so shops need to be opened later for all people to do last minute shopping. My development plan will support most of those improvements to make swanage a better area to visit.DEVELOPMENT PLAN EXPLANATIONS breeding 1 and 2 These are the first two improvements I have made, I have added two retail shopping areas. The reason why I did this is, is because in the residential questionnaire a large number of residents requested shopping areas that will also be open lasting to accommodate the times of residents. The types of shops that will be around here are sports shops because that was also requested in the questionnaire a large amount of residents wanted this. instruction 3 As I said in advance in the previous explanation a handful of people wanted sports shops so I simulated that they would want leisure facilities as well. Because there are more Fem ales than Males in Swanage it is only natural that some of the residents would request leisure facilities for football or basketball etc.Development 4 This is the biggest request that the residents have made clear in the questionnaire there wasnt enough parking throughout swanage I have interpreted that complaint onboard and have now added a Free Car Parking celerity for residents only. Because of this residents will find it easier to get to the shops without any hassle. Since residents already live in the area it would be foolish to pay for their own parking which is why I made car parking free, this was another improvement mentioned in the questionnaire.Development 5 This is the area that will be having the food market once a week this is another request mentioned in the questionnaire I thought it was a good idea as it would give residents a chance to get food useful for their homes.Development 6 Hairdressers will be added here because there are not enough hairdressers in the area so adding hairdressers will support the improvement of swanageDevelopment 7 This will be a huge Supermarket for all residents to support all there need whether it is food or clothes etc. Residents would really appreciate this as there are never enough supermarkets in swanage. This will improve swanage because more people will shop thereby put more money into the swanage development.Development 8 This will be the pedestrian path leading to the Supermarket people complain about there being too many cars which could get dangerous for most peopleDevelopment 9 This is the final improvement I will make in swanage, this area will be the picnic area/quiet area for residents who would just like a relaxing day. It is external from the supermarket so there will no collision with the people who want to relax and the people that want to shop. I would imagine this was requested by the older people of swanageThese are the final improvements I have towards swanage based on the results of the questionnaire. On the next page of this coursework I will justify my coursework giving reason as to why it is effective and fits the needs of residents and if it will benefit them or not.JUSTIFICATION OF PLANOn this page I will evaluate my plan giving reason for why it is good plan and why I placed those specific facilities on the plan. I will also write about who benefits from the result of my plan.Why is my Plan Good?I feel my development plan is well intend out because I have placed facilities according to what people have said in the questionnaire, I took that on board on what the people wanted and added that in my plan. The Car Park issue from in the lead as now been resolved because of my plan, there is now a huge Car Parking facility which is free for residents, so I managed to improve in two ways. Another way my plan is good is because I added a large supermarket for residents to use. Residents would find this very useful as they mentioned this in questionnaire. Most o f the facilities did not take much thought it was mostly commence sense and guidance from the tourist and residential questionnaire.Who will benefit?Many people will benefit from this improvement change, one group in particular would be the elderly people because I have added a quiet area away from the fervency where people can relax and enjoy the day. Residents would appreciate this, as they can be in a clam environment which would calm them down if they were stressed. The male groups will benefit because I have added a leisure facility for all popular sport, for men who like sport this is one improvement that will make swanage for enjoyable. For the female groups I have added hairdresser facilities, women from swanage will appreciate this change because there are hardly any hairdressers in swanage and having one near residential houses will benefit residential women.What do I think my plan overallOverall I feel my plan is good because it satisfies the needs of residents and there wont be any collisions with tourist shops. Everyone will be satisfied in the area they are in since the change I made to swanage.CONCLUSION AND EVALUATIONConclusionAfter all information gathered from questionnaires and statistics I have come to the conclusion that my hypothesis has been proven due to the fact that most all tourist and residents gave listed improvements for swanage. All the data analyzed led me to this conclusion and I feel I made that my conclusion has been proven.Although the conclusion I managed to come up with was true there are unperturbed areas in my coursework that I feel can improved. The explanations I gave for my maps and graphs could have been explained better with more evidence to prove my point. The statements I gave for development couldve been explained more clearly but was still a satisfactory effort.EvaluationOverall I would say my project would be graded from a B to an A because I followed the criteria given over and gave evidence to prove my poi nt. I created diagram and graphs to prove another point. However as I said there are still areas for improvement which is the reason for the grade I have given.