IB Geography IA - How do levels of urban stress, such as noise levels and pollution, vary when moving further away from the CDB of Bandung, Indonesia?
How do levels of urban stress, such as noise levels and pollution, vary when moving further away from the CDB of Bandung, Indonesia?
School: Mutiara Nusantara International School
Candidate Number:
Candidate Name: Constantijn Louis Pennekamp
Word count: 2,410Table of contents:
Front Page……………………………………………………………………………...1
Fieldwork question and Geographic context……………………………2
Hypothesis………………………………………………………………………………4
Justification and procedures……………………………………………………5
Investigation and Presenting of Data………………………………………6
Data and Figures…………………………………………………………………….8
Analysis of Data and figures………………………………………………… .10
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………… 12
Evaluation……………………………………………………………………………..13
Fieldwork Question: How do levels of urban stress, such as noise levels and pollution, vary when moving further away from the CDB of Bandung, Indonesia?
Geographic context
Bandung, the capital city of West java province (Figure 1), is known to be one of the top three largest cities in Indonesia and consists of a population of over 7 million people. In addition, just like all large cities, the presence of a central business district (CDB) is inevitable. Bandung’s limited amount of land and the lack of infrastructure and innovative planning have caused the city to sprawl instead of progressing upwards. Since Indonesian declared Independence against the Dutch in 1945, Bandung has experienced rapid development and urbanization, transforming Bandung from a very small town into a densely populated metropolitan area (Tamin, Sjafruddin, and alim 738). Figure one shows the borders of Bandung and determines its CBD. Coincidentally, Bandung’s Railway goes straight through the CBD, therefore, experiments were taken based on where A.S. Permana beliefs the CBD is located and held at railway stations.
This experiment will focus on how urban stress levels vary when moving outwards to the periphery of the CBD of Bandung Indonesia. Results will be compared to the
School: Mutiara Nusantara International School
Candidate Number:
Candidate Name: Constantijn Louis Pennekamp
Word count: 2,410Table of contents:
Front Page……………………………………………………………………………...1
Fieldwork question and Geographic context……………………………2
Hypothesis………………………………………………………………………………4
Justification and procedures……………………………………………………5
Investigation and Presenting of Data………………………………………6
Data and Figures…………………………………………………………………….8
Analysis of Data and figures………………………………………………… .10
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………… 12
Evaluation……………………………………………………………………………..13
Fieldwork Question: How do levels of urban stress, such as noise levels and pollution, vary when moving further away from the CDB of Bandung, Indonesia?
Geographic context
Bandung, the capital city of West java province (Figure 1), is known to be one of the top three largest cities in Indonesia and consists of a population of over 7 million people. In addition, just like all large cities, the presence of a central business district (CDB) is inevitable. Bandung’s limited amount of land and the lack of infrastructure and innovative planning have caused the city to sprawl instead of progressing upwards. Since Indonesian declared Independence against the Dutch in 1945, Bandung has experienced rapid development and urbanization, transforming Bandung from a very small town into a densely populated metropolitan area (Tamin, Sjafruddin, and alim 738). Figure one shows the borders of Bandung and determines its CBD. Coincidentally, Bandung’s Railway goes straight through the CBD, therefore, experiments were taken based on where A.S. Permana beliefs the CBD is located and held at railway stations.
This experiment will focus on how urban stress levels vary when moving outwards to the periphery of the CBD of Bandung Indonesia. Results will be compared to the