1. Common Urban Models

2. Land-use - how the land use of a city is put into categories –
Definitions
Land-use - how the land use of a city is put into categories –
Residential (housing),
Commercial (shops and offices),
also
industrial (factories),
agriculture (farming)
open space, derelict land.
Public: owned by everyone
Urban model - an idea or theory of what a city is like.
Urban structure - how the land use of a city is set out.
CBD- Central Business District, “downtown”

3. The site of a settlement is the land on which it is built.
There are a number of different types of sites which have been used
for settlements from earliest times.
Site
Characteristics
Defensive
Difficult to attack e.g. hill-top or island
Hill-foot
Sheltered, with flat land for building and farming
Gap
Lower, more sheltered land between two hills
Wet point
Close to water in a dry area
Dry point
On higher, dry area close to wet land e.g. marshes or flooding rivers
Route centre
Focus of routes (e.g. roads) from surrounding area
Bridging point
Where bridges can be built over a river

4. Look at this diagram and tell which type of site it is:
Hill-foot 
Gap 
Wet-Point 
Dry-Point 
Route Centre 

5. The importance of individual site features changes through time.
The Answers
Settlement 5 is a Hill-foot site because it is is
sheltered and flat for building and farming.
Settlement 1 is a Gap site because it is a
lower and more sheltered site between two hills.
Settlement 2 is a wet-point because it is close to water in a dry area.
Settlement 3 is a dry-point because it is a higher,
drier site above wetland.
Settlement 4 is a Route Centre because it is a
focus of routes (roads and river) in this area.
The importance of individual site features changes through time.

6. Describing site checklist
To describe a site, you should mention its:
Relief: height - below 100m = low; above 100m = high
slope - flat or gentle/moderate/steep slope
land forms - e.g. plain, valley, hill-foot, hill-top, gap, dry-point site, coast.
Drainage (water features) - e.g. wet-point site, rivers, lakes, marshes.
Resources: things I can get from this place
Climate and Biome : weather conditions/vegetation
Hazards: what type of dangers do I have to prepare for
Possible Transportation Routes: can I move things in or out of this place :

7. Typical City Models for Modern Florida Cities

8. Linear Model

9. Umatilla Florida Find the following: CBD
Commercial and Residential land uses
Umatilla Florida

11. Intersection Model

12. Main Roads
CBD
Commercial
Residential

14. Can you find the four schools in this aerial image?

16. Star-shaped Model

18. CBD
Nodes: Shopping
Education
Transportation
Industrial
Attrractions

19. Circle and spoke