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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Central Business District (CBD)
has lots of shops usually where lots of business and offices are located very few houses very little open space
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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
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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
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Outer Suburbs Lots of detached housing Lots of new housing
Lots of open space Out of town shopping centres Some new industrial estates
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Land Use Zones Outer Suburbs Inner Suburbs Inner City CBD
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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.
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