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January 18, 2008
Hypothesis 1: The quality of the river and its surroundings improves as
you go upstream.
Theory: I predict that the hypothesis is fairly true because by the bottom
of the river there would be lots of pollution caused by ships that would
carry cargo and come to trade because it is closer to the sea. Going
further upstream it would be closer to the major buildings like the hotels
and the Grand Palace which those places are kept clean and tidy.
Location
Royal Grand Palace
Oriental
Krungthep
Hotel
Bridge
2
2
2
3.5
4
2
2.75
2
4
4
3
4.5
2.5
2
2
3.5
3.5
3
2.5
4
4
3.25
2.5
4.5
24
23
30
FACTORS
Noise (1=very quiet and 5=very
noisy)
Danger (1=very safe and 5=very
dangerous)
Tidiness (1=very tidy and 5=
very untidy)
Attractiveness (1=very attractive
and 5= very unattractive)
Crowdedness (1very spacious
and 5=very crowded)
Wealth (1=looks very rich and
5=looks very poor)
Variety (1=varied and
interesting and 5=boring and all
the 3.53same)
4Cleanliness (1=very clean and
5= very dirty)
Total (Out of 40)
Analysis: As we can see in my graph the hypothesis is not completely
true. This is probably because although the Grand Palace is further
upstream than the Oriental Hotel, the oriental is a place where there are
lots of hotels causing lots of tourists. The Oriental Hotel has a score of
23 and the Grand Palace has a score of 24 and lastly the Krungthep
Bridge has a score of 30.
Conclusion: Overall, I have discovered from the particular piece of
fieldwork that it fairly does improve as you go upstream but especially
where people live and stay and where there are main buildings and
tourism places.
Hypothesis 2: The number of river crafts increase as you go
downstream.
Theory: I predict that the hypothesis is not true because the should be
many boats by the Oriental Hotel because there are many people living
in that area so there should be lots of passenger ferries to carry people
across the river but by the Krungthep bridge there some ships but not
many because one ship is quite big and you can’t fit a lot of them in the
river.
Site: Grand Palace
Type
Long Tail
boats
Passenger
Ferries
Total
0
17
Site: Oriental Hotel
Type
Long Tail
boats
Passenger
Ferries
Total
12
14
Site: Krungthep Bridge
Type
Long Tail
boats
Passenger
Ferries
Total
1
7
Barges and Fishing
other cargos boats
boats
Police and
navy
Barges and Fishing
other cargos boats
boats
Police and
navy
Barges and Fishing
other cargos boats
boats
Police and
navy
0
2
1
0
0
0
9
0
0
Analysis: As we can see from the graph the hypothesis is not
completely true. This is because the total of boats from site one
which is 26 increases to 28 on site 2 and comes down again to 9
at site 3. This means that there are lots of boats where there are
people living.
Conclusion: Overall, I have discovered from the particular
piece of fieldwork that as you go upstream into the center of the
town the amount of boats increases and decreases when we go
downstream.
Hypothesis 3: Buildings get taller, newer and less industrial as you go
upstream.
Theory: I predict that this hypothesis is true because as you go upstream
it is closer to the center of Bangkok and by the center of Bangkok there
are many new buildings and tall buildings because the are many people
living there and there must be places for the people to go shopping and
work. By site 3 there are less people living there so it is not necessary to
have new and tall buildings.
Analysis: As we can see from the graph the hypothesis is not completely
true. This is because site 1 average is only 7.4 and site 2 suddenly jumps
to 20.1 and site 3 is only 12. This means that the buildings get tall when
it is in the areas which are near the center of town and where there are
lots of hotels.
Conclusion: Overall, I have discovered from the particular piece
of fieldwork that the buildings get tall when hey are near to the
center of town, near shopping complex and hotels.