Section 3 & 4 – Data Presentation & Data Interpretation
             The study of an urban transect into the CBD of Manchester (Oxford Road B5117) and the aim is to determine and identify by using a variety of fieldwork methods and other data, the precise boundary of the CBD of Manchester, using Oxford Road as a transect upon which the study will be passed.
             This section is an introduction to the project as a whole. To define the exact point at which Manchester's CBD starts we will use the Burgess Model, this is an urban model developed in the 1920's. It has 5 concentric rings representing five very different land use zones. In this enquiry we will be looking at the first two, they are the CBD (Central Business District) and the Inner City.
             The CBD is in the centre of the urban model. There are many characteristics we can look at that will help define the CBD. It is the oldest part of any town or city and contains lots of high order goods such as TV's, sofas and designer clothes. There are plenty of offices, banks and multiple occupancy buildings. The majority of people tend to work in the CBD as there are many jobs ranging from office work to shop assistants. In the CBD buildings are usually much higher, this is because of expensive land so buildings tend to be high with narrow frontage using less land. It is a very busy area with lots of people, cars and limited parking.
             The other land use zone we will look at is the inner city. The inner city is the second zone of the burgess model. It surrounds the CBD and is also usually quite an old part of the city. Inner city shops are usually small selling convenience goods such as bread and milk. There are lots of houses in the inner city. The majority of housing is small terraced with no gardens or high rise flats. The inner city contains lots of places to work including many factories.
             To find out the true point at which the inner city section of an urban model becomes the...