data

 

Prior to initiating analysis, a literature review was conducted in order to establish which elements of Feng Shui could most affect real estate sales. These elements and other relevant data features are detailed in the table below.

Attribute

Association with Feng Shui

Spatial data

Data Source

Real Estate Sales Figures

 

 

Dependent variable

UTM co-coordinates for Vancouver region

Brian Klinkenberg

Department of Geography
University of British Columbia

(2004)

Vancouver Streets

Location of T intersections

UTM projected shape file

DMTI

T Intersections

Negative Element

Network analysis built from the street shape file and junction point layer was created. Joined to Vancouver street shape file

DMTI

Hospital & Hospice and Care Locations

Negative Element

Point Shape file

UBC Geography Department

Funeral Homes and Crematorium

Negative Element

Point Shape file

Google web page search for address. Lat and Long Coordinates from GPS Visualizer

Numerology

 

4 in address – Negative Element

Binary data

Real Estate Sales Figures

 

Chinese Population

Community where theory originated

DA and attribute table

Canadian Census 2006

 


Study region

 


Located in British Columbia, Canada; the coastal city of Vancouver is the third largest in the country. Statistics Canada reports the Chinese community to be the 5th largest of any ethnic origin in Canada, and the largest group of non European ethnic origin.  According to the 2006 census, the population of Vancouver was 578,041; of which 30 % were of Chinese heritage. Furthermore, the housing sales data available pertained only to the City of Vancouver, and as such the study was restricted to this region.

The Chinese Community in Canada

 

Total Chinese population (in thousands)

As a % of provincial population

As a % of total Chinese population in Canada

British Columbia

373.8

9.7

34.1

Canada

1,094.7

3.7

100

Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census of Canada.

 

the city of vancouver

 

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