Deprivation in Barnstaple

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I have decided to investigate if deprivation is always confined to central areas of large urban areas. I will answer this question by using hypotheses that will prove or disprove this aim. My first hypotheses are that the level of litter on a street reflects how much an area has deprived? These hypotheses can point out to me if areas are fuller of litter closer to the central areas of an urban settlement or if the litter is evenly spread suggesting that either the hypotheses doesn’t work or that deprivation occurs no matter what distance from the centre of the urban area. The second hypothesis is that the quality of housing reflects the areas deprivation? This hypotheses is clear that if the housing is good the area isn’t deprived the hypotheses will easily help me answer if deprivation occurs centrally as I will be able to access streets from the centre to the outside. My third hypothesis is that the level of crime in the area reflects its depravity? This hypothesis can help answer the aim as if the crime rate in the centre is higher than average it shows it is likely deprived. I will have sub question as to whether crime just occurs in deprived areas as it may occur high in more wealthy areas due to the wealth and that litter may seem to high but it may be because the whole urban area has poor clean facilities I will answer these question to make my hypothesis more useful to the area. I have decided to use the large town of Barnstaple as it is close to my location and generally a good example anyway as it has a population of 20,000 people giving good amount diversity in people and buildings Theory Inner city areas were once thriving communities with a mixture of land-use and rich living alongside poor. There were shops & houses, services, community spirit & little crime. However there were high levels of Social Problems * Properties have
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