Commuting patterns within Hertfordshire (based on the 23001 ...

<strong>Commuting</strong> <strong>patterns</strong> <strong>within</strong> <strong>Hertfordshire</strong> (<strong>based</strong> on the 2001 census data).
<strong>Hertfordshire</strong> general summary:
1) Identify the key components of commuting to, from and <strong>within</strong> <strong>Hertfordshire</strong>.
What <strong>patterns</strong> might you expect to find around <strong>Hertfordshire</strong> in terms of the ideas of distance decay (people are more likely to travel to
places close by)?
Turn these basic ideas into hypotheses (ideas to test).
e.g. Will the number of commuters increase or decrease as the distance increases?
Test by drawing/plotting the data on graphs or in a computer.
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What about the influence of transport routes? Do they reflect topography (the shapes of hills and valleys), do they relate to major
settlements or do they have a preferred geographical alignment (east - west or north - south for instance). What about the cost of
housing? How does this affect people's commuting <strong>patterns</strong>? Predict what you might expect to find and then test your ideas, do they fit
or do they need a little tweaking or were they completely wrong. Do not worry if your original ideas were incorrect it is the building up a
picture of the <strong>patterns</strong> created that leads to real understanding. Use "Gut feelings" to generate your ideas and then pool your
suppositions
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/cis/pdfs/C1InE.pdf