For tomorrows lecture we were supposed to have set up the official research plan. The topic of our research will be "property-led wealth creation" in the areas Kop van Zuid in Rotterdam and Eilandje in Antwerpen. We hereby present you our research plan.
maandag 27 februari 2012
woensdag 15 februari 2012
Results Pilot Study Middelburg
As we promised, here are the results from our pilot study in Middelburg.
This pilot study is an experiment to become familiar with research methods in urban geography. The subject is the change our university college made in the urban geography of Middelburg since it was established. Roosevelt Academy (RA), was founded in Middelburg in 2004. This was a new phenomenon in Zeeland. The city of Middelburg is not too big; an estimated 50000 people live there. The fact that now 600 students - all with their typical lifestyle - would be around for most of the year, must have had some kind of impact on in the community of this city. We decided to research the change in the economic geography. Therefore the hypothesis of our research was: The revenues of lunchrooms in Middelburg have increased since RA was established. We conducted interviews with the owners of two popular and small lunchrooms: Ko D'ooooor and Crostini's. The interviews and the conclusions we drew from them are to be read below.
maandag 13 februari 2012
Pilot Study: the set up.
Today in class we got the opportunity to set up our pilot research project. The assignment is to conduct a mini research based on this question: to what extent has the social, economic or urban geography of Middelburg changed since the establishment of Roosevelt Academy there?
Our group, that will later in the semester focus on property-led wealth creation, has chosen to conduct a research on the economic change in Middelburg since the establishment of RA. We have chosen to narrow this down to the change that lunchrooms in the city have experienced over the last 8 years.
The set up of our research is as follows:
1. Hypothesis: The revenues of lunchrooms in Middelburg have increased since RA was established.
2. Research subjects: lunchrooms Crostini's, Ko D'oooor and maybe A Domani (we're doubting about the latter because it is a business with more than one branch in the city, whereas the first two are run by a single person).
3. The planning so far:
- ask the lunchrooms for participation on Monday
- conduct interviews on Tuesday
- analyze the results on Wednesday
- present on Thursday
The results of our pilot research will be published here on Wednesday or Thursday.
Our group, that will later in the semester focus on property-led wealth creation, has chosen to conduct a research on the economic change in Middelburg since the establishment of RA. We have chosen to narrow this down to the change that lunchrooms in the city have experienced over the last 8 years.
The set up of our research is as follows:
1. Hypothesis: The revenues of lunchrooms in Middelburg have increased since RA was established.
2. Research subjects: lunchrooms Crostini's, Ko D'oooor and maybe A Domani (we're doubting about the latter because it is a business with more than one branch in the city, whereas the first two are run by a single person).
3. The planning so far:
- ask the lunchrooms for participation on Monday
- conduct interviews on Tuesday
- analyze the results on Wednesday
- present on Thursday
The results of our pilot research will be published here on Wednesday or Thursday.
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