Day 1
The day dawned, well actually it didn’t it remained dark and
dismal until well in to the afternoon. Students present, check, staff present,
check, then let’s go.
A good clear journey and the iconic skyline of Birmingham
with its BT tower and Rotunda came into qintroduced to land use mapping in the
recently redeveloped Brindley Place. The warehouses had given way to the new
office blocks with a large number of bars and restaurants. One group were able
to collect sound data as well as wind speed and temperature.
Students then moved on to consider the changes along a transect
into the CBD. They were to consider the impacts of the urban heat island
effect, impact of building height on wind speed and footfall changes. Whilst
collecting this students also checked out the degree to which Birmingham was a
clone town. Results suggest it is.
A long, dark wet and windy journey to the field centre
followed.
Following the evening meal, just the two dinners for Dr
Hitch, students got to grips with their data, producing and evaluating posters
on the vitality of Birmingham city centre. The evening drew to a close just in
time to catch the football.
Photos to follow and tweets on @KEGS_Geography
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