1. Features of a city and land use zones
Learning Objective:
To understand the different land use zones in a city.
To know the features that can be found in these zones.

2. Land use
Land is used in different ways depending on the function of the settlement.
Task 1: On the next slide you will find some uses of land. You need to match up the definition with the picture.

3. Residential: This is housing and is where people live
Residential: This is housing and is where people live. Apartment type housing is found near the CBD and bigger houses towards the suburbs.
Industrial: This is factories, traditionally found in the transition zone, they are now more likely to be found in the rural-urban fringe.
Recreational: Any activity that people do in their spare time. This land use may include golf courses, football pitches, museums, sports centres and tennis courts.
Educational: Any building connected to education e.g. libraries, schools and universities. This land use may be found anywhere in urban areas.
Commercial: This is businesses, mainly offices. The main commercial area will normally be in the CBD.
Retail: This is shops. Traditionally the main shopping areas have been in the CBD but increasingly shops have been relocating to shopping malls in the rural-urban fringe.
Agricultural: This farming and is obviously normally found in rural areas although some cities may have some small urban farms.

4. Urban settlements
In an urban settlement land is also used in different ways depending on whether it is the suburb (outskirts of the city) or the inner city. Task 2: On the next slide decide which features you would expect to find in the suburbs or the inner city.

5. Features of the inner city
Features of a city and land use zones
Features of the inner city
Features of the suburb
There is more open space.
There are fewer shops nearby.
The streets have more trees.
It is closer to the countryside.
Most homes have gardens
The houses are mainly semi-detached.
There are more shops nearby.
Few homes have gardens.
There is less open space
The houses are larger
The houses are smaller
The houses are newer
It is closer to the city centre
Few homes have garages
The houses are mainly terraced.

6. Urban Land Use Zones Outer Suburbs Inner Suburbs Inner City CBD
The way urban settlements are set up have been studied and a model called the Burgess Model.
Outer Suburbs
Inner Suburbs
Inner City
CBD

7. Central Business District (CBD)
has lots of shops
usually where lots of business and offices are located
very few houses
very little open space

8. Inner City Lots of terraced houses
Usually some factories and old industrial buildings
Some factories may have been refurbished into flats or knocked down to build houses

9. Inner Suburbs
As transport improved people began to move away from the city centre.
Older suburbs quite close to the city centre
Start to find semi-detached houses.
More open space

10. Outer Suburbs Lots of detached housing Lots of new housing
Lots of open space
Out of town shopping centres
Some new industrial estates

11. Land Use Zones
Outer Suburbs
Inner Suburbs
Inner City
CBD

12. Task 3: Complete the sheet on the next slide in order to show how the Burgess model can be used to show land use in urban settlements
Task 4: Find a picture of the HOYT model of urban land use and explain how it is different.