Is my area a Sustainable community?
I live in Little Billing and my Lower Layer Super Output Area is Area N 016C . It is the area covered by my electoral ward. It is a little bit close to the definition of a 'sustainable community'.To some extent it resembles a sustainable community. It is a free crime and safety area. The records show a zero crime according to notifiable offences recorded by the Police between April 05 and March 06.
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The department for Transport Core Accessibility indicators.
The other reason are the 2008 Core Accessibility indicators. The department for Transport Core Accessibility indicators for 2008 provide anumber of measures of accessibility by public transport, walking ,cycling,and car to seven service types; primary schools, secondary schools, further education,General Practitioners, hospitals, foodstores and emp[oyment. This makes my area a sustainable community.
GCSE and Equivalent Results.
GCSE and Equivalent Results for Young People by Gender, referenced by location of Pupil Residence according to September 07-August 08 reveal that both Girls and Boys at the end of KS4 had 5+ A*-G including English and Maths.
Community well being Social Environment.
Community well being Social Environment has a total of 1,509 of which 1,489 are christians and other religions. Only 26 do not belong to any religion. Houses in poor conditions are only 0,17%
according to the indeces of deprivation 2007. All houses in this area have central heating.
Health and provision
Health and provision of compound care , out of 1,511 persons count, 1,155 persons have general good health while 191 persons have general health not good.
Fire and Rescue Services.
Fire and Rescue Services between January 06 and December 06 were 17 of which 4 were fire accidents were fire delibarate.
Education, Skills and Training
What makes my area not a completely sustainable community are the indeces of deprivation 2007 underlying indicators: Education, Skills and Training which reflect a high number of adults did not enter skills.
Pollutants
The other crucial area which needs to be improved are pollutants. Sulfur and Benzene add up to 0,11 while Quality Nitrogen Dioxide Pollutants are 0,54. These pollutants are very high and need to be reduced.
Saturday, 20 March 2010
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Blog prompt 8
Education for citizenship.
Find out--About Me
I live in Little Billing.Little Billing is one of the six constituencies in the County of Northamptonshire. My constituence is Northampton South and my Member of Parliament is M.P. Mr Brian Binley of the Conservative Party. This is according to the Parliamentary Constituencies England Order 2007 NO. 1681.
The following are the constituencies of the County of Northamptonshire and their Members of Parliament. Northampton South,M.P. Mr Brian Binley, Conservative Party,Northampton North ,M.P. Sally Seeble, Labour Party, these are the two Borough constituencies. The following are the four county constituencies and their M.P.s, Corby, M.P. Phil Hope, Labour Party,Dave.ntry M.P.,Tim Boswell, Conservative Party, Kettering M.P., Phillip Hollobone.Conservative Party M.P. Peter Bone,Wellingborough ,Conservative Party. The Conservative Party dominates my local council. The boundary Commission for England has recommended that the county should in future be divided into 7 constituencies. These changes are expected to be implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010. The seventh being South Northamptonshire council constituency.(www.northampton.gorv.uk/en/councilservices)( assessed 25.02.10).
2010 is election year !
U.K. Parliamentary general election will be held sometime in June. Every citizen should have now registered to vote. Citizenship emphasises individual freedoms of speech, thought and faith and including rights to property, contract and justice. Then political citizenship is concerned with the right to participate in political activities, and social citizenship is concerned with the right to security and welfare. These three focus on citizenship rights.(Lambert .D & Machan .P. 2001 Citizenship through Secondary Goegraphy ).
Eligibility to vote: any one who is a citizen of the U.K , The Republic of Ireland, or of a commonwealth countrywho is legally resident in U,K. who is 18 or pver on the date of the election is eligible to vote provided they are in the electoral register.(http://www.justice.gov.uk) (assessed 04.03.10).
According to the May 2005 general election vote turnout was 61.3%. Those who did not vote was 38.7%.( http//www.electoralcommission.org.uk/files/dms/candidates_uk_parl_Election_2007_06_26787-11604-E_N_S_W_pdf) (assessed04.03.10).
Comments on why some people don't vote
-Just voting on the grounds that you have you feel you have to ,even through none of he candidates and party offer what you want is not just ridiculous,illogical annd nonsensical.
-They don't know whom to vote for They only see peolpe on televisions.(http://uk2005.notapathetic.com//comments/1896)9written in May 2005).
My attitude concerning people who don't vote
People have to vote because it is their right to do so. However it looks like people don't have much education on why they should vote . A lot of voter education has to be carried out intensively before any voting takes place. I don't go along with people who don't vote. I urge everyone who has registered to go and vote in the June election . A lot of advertising should be done so that every body goes to vote .
Find out--About Me
I live in Little Billing.Little Billing is one of the six constituencies in the County of Northamptonshire. My constituence is Northampton South and my Member of Parliament is M.P. Mr Brian Binley of the Conservative Party. This is according to the Parliamentary Constituencies England Order 2007 NO. 1681.
The following are the constituencies of the County of Northamptonshire and their Members of Parliament. Northampton South,M.P. Mr Brian Binley, Conservative Party,Northampton North ,M.P. Sally Seeble, Labour Party, these are the two Borough constituencies. The following are the four county constituencies and their M.P.s, Corby, M.P. Phil Hope, Labour Party,Dave.ntry M.P.,Tim Boswell, Conservative Party, Kettering M.P., Phillip Hollobone.Conservative Party M.P. Peter Bone,Wellingborough ,Conservative Party. The Conservative Party dominates my local council. The boundary Commission for England has recommended that the county should in future be divided into 7 constituencies. These changes are expected to be implemented at the United Kingdom general election, 2010. The seventh being South Northamptonshire council constituency.(www.northampton.gorv.uk/en/councilservices)( assessed 25.02.10).
2010 is election year !
U.K. Parliamentary general election will be held sometime in June. Every citizen should have now registered to vote. Citizenship emphasises individual freedoms of speech, thought and faith and including rights to property, contract and justice. Then political citizenship is concerned with the right to participate in political activities, and social citizenship is concerned with the right to security and welfare. These three focus on citizenship rights.(Lambert .D & Machan .P. 2001 Citizenship through Secondary Goegraphy ).
Eligibility to vote: any one who is a citizen of the U.K , The Republic of Ireland, or of a commonwealth countrywho is legally resident in U,K. who is 18 or pver on the date of the election is eligible to vote provided they are in the electoral register.(http://www.justice.gov.uk) (assessed 04.03.10).
According to the May 2005 general election vote turnout was 61.3%. Those who did not vote was 38.7%.( http//www.electoralcommission.org.uk/files/dms/candidates_uk_parl_Election_2007_06_26787-11604-E_N_S_W_pdf) (assessed04.03.10).
Comments on why some people don't vote
-Just voting on the grounds that you have you feel you have to ,even through none of he candidates and party offer what you want is not just ridiculous,illogical annd nonsensical.
-They don't know whom to vote for They only see peolpe on televisions.(http://uk2005.notapathetic.com//comments/1896)9written in May 2005).
My attitude concerning people who don't vote
People have to vote because it is their right to do so. However it looks like people don't have much education on why they should vote . A lot of voter education has to be carried out intensively before any voting takes place. I don't go along with people who don't vote. I urge everyone who has registered to go and vote in the June election . A lot of advertising should be done so that every body goes to vote .
Monday, 1 March 2010
Sustainable transport
Is there a transport problem? Yes there is transport problem. Public transport compared to private transport has more disadvantages .I would like to see a sustainable transport but each day's commitment forces me to use private transport because I race with time. Public transport : buses, trains, aeroplanes and ships have timetables and fixed routes. They also have fixed busstops,train stations, airports and harbours. They are not easily accessible when one wants to use them. Worse off when one has luggage. Instead they end up being expensive, time wasting and hectic depending on your destination. Even short trips can be exhausting.Public transport at times is not reliable as some trips have been cancelled leaving people stranded.
I have at times tried to be sustainable by using public transport going for my lectures. Ilive in Northampton in Little Billing. When I reflect, those are the days I have arrived late for my lectures. A 20 minute journey by private transport, usually takes about one and a half hours from my place to the Park Campus by bus. I use Stagecouch no.16 from my place then connect at the Booth near Northampton College where I get Stagecouch no. 7 which goes straight to the Park Campus. Now considering families plying the same route, children ,daddy and mum , it will be cheaper using private transport if the family owns a car, and safe for vulnerable children from bullying children and peadophiles. Lifestyles make people use private transport for example the bigshorts to show off their flushy cars.
So what are my views??.......A million dollar question.
The more cars we use the more land is wasted for the expansion of roadnetworks, parking spaces. Land does not grow ,nature is being destroyed ,cutting down trees and grass yet we need the environment to protect soil erosion. The more fuel these cars burn the more emissions of green house gases are polluting air. The ideas from Headicar (2009) for sustainable transport are that,there could be community car schemes operated by a pool of volunteer drivers using their own private cars catering for pre-arranged journeys by individuals who can not use public transport typically for sociall necessary journeys such as to hospitals and other health facilities. He suggests also community bus services-social and community organisations using minibuses which don't use timetables . They rank like buses and have permits to operate and routes to follow.The difference is that once they are full they pulloff. I go along with the idea as it sounds sustainable. My view is on shopping .We can cut on travelling for shopping especially groceries by ordering goods on line. Big supermarkets like Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury do door to door delivery.Isn't that sustainable?
Is there a transport problem? Yes there is transport problem. Public transport compared to private transport has more disadvantages .I would like to see a sustainable transport but each day's commitment forces me to use private transport because I race with time. Public transport : buses, trains, aeroplanes and ships have timetables and fixed routes. They also have fixed busstops,train stations, airports and harbours. They are not easily accessible when one wants to use them. Worse off when one has luggage. Instead they end up being expensive, time wasting and hectic depending on your destination. Even short trips can be exhausting.Public transport at times is not reliable as some trips have been cancelled leaving people stranded.
I have at times tried to be sustainable by using public transport going for my lectures. Ilive in Northampton in Little Billing. When I reflect, those are the days I have arrived late for my lectures. A 20 minute journey by private transport, usually takes about one and a half hours from my place to the Park Campus by bus. I use Stagecouch no.16 from my place then connect at the Booth near Northampton College where I get Stagecouch no. 7 which goes straight to the Park Campus. Now considering families plying the same route, children ,daddy and mum , it will be cheaper using private transport if the family owns a car, and safe for vulnerable children from bullying children and peadophiles. Lifestyles make people use private transport for example the bigshorts to show off their flushy cars.
So what are my views??.......A million dollar question.
The more cars we use the more land is wasted for the expansion of roadnetworks, parking spaces. Land does not grow ,nature is being destroyed ,cutting down trees and grass yet we need the environment to protect soil erosion. The more fuel these cars burn the more emissions of green house gases are polluting air. The ideas from Headicar (2009) for sustainable transport are that,there could be community car schemes operated by a pool of volunteer drivers using their own private cars catering for pre-arranged journeys by individuals who can not use public transport typically for sociall necessary journeys such as to hospitals and other health facilities. He suggests also community bus services-social and community organisations using minibuses which don't use timetables . They rank like buses and have permits to operate and routes to follow.The difference is that once they are full they pulloff. I go along with the idea as it sounds sustainable. My view is on shopping .We can cut on travelling for shopping especially groceries by ordering goods on line. Big supermarkets like Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury do door to door delivery.Isn't that sustainable?
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