CBD methods

Question 1

Measuring land use, building height and building age?

Answer 1

• used systematic sampling
• analyse every 50 metres
• record land use of ground floor using RICEPOTS
• record land use of rest of building using RICEPOTS
• record building height

Question 2

Questionnaires?

Answer 2

• systematic
• questionnaired every 3rd person - refusal rate high

Question 3

Decibel readings?

Answer 3

• using app systematically
• at end of each transect recorded average decibels over 30 second period
• repeated 3 times to improve reliability

Question 4

Environmental quality survey?

Answer 4

• random location at systematically selected site
• at end of transect - complete environmental quality surveys for each of 2 sites
  -marked on quality of 0 to 5 - overall score out of 80 - allowed us to compare easily

Question 5

Evaluation questionnaires:

Answer 5

• not many people around in southville - not many answers
• told them questions would be short and smiled at them

Question 6

Decibel readings evaluation:

Answer 6

• app made it easy
• bit too sensitive - had to be very quiet
• take average with results and take readings in different areas

Question 7

Environmental quality survey evaluation:

Answer 7

• clearly labelled
• not the best - opinionated
• groups did it in different places
• added up all tallies and calculated an average