1. Urban Land Use

2. Rationale:
In order for an urban area to function effectively, all the needs of its citizens must be met.
In order to do this, municipal governments divide the land up into six types of land uses.

3. 6 Types of Urban Land Use Residential – 40% Transportation – 32%
Institutional – 10%
Open space – 7%
Industrial – 6%
Commercial – 5%

4. Residential Land Use This is where people live.
The type of housing in an area is based on residential density, defined by:
Number of housing units in a hectare (unit of land)
A hectare is about 100 x 100 metres (or roughly the size of two football fields)

5. Types of Residential Density
Low Density
Single-family homes, semi-detached homes, and duplexes
Have less than 30 homes per hectare

6. Medium Density
Town houses, low-rise apartments
Have between 30 to 100 homes per hectare
High Density
High-rise apartments
Have more than 100 units per hectare

7. Transportation Land Use
Land that is used for moving people and goods from one place to another.
Includes: sidewalks, roads, highways, subways, streetcars, railroad tracks, freight yards, airports, marinas and any other land that is used for transportation.

8. Institutional Land Use
Land that is occupied by schools, hospitals, government offices, and places of worship.

9. Open Space Land Use
Land that is now vacant, or left in a natural state (like a woodlot), or land that is for recreational use (parks, playgrounds, community centres)

10. Industrial Land Use Land that is used for industry
Some examples: Factories, warehouses, power plants, or places of resource extraction (like mines).

11. Commercial Land Use
Land that is set aside for commercial activities. This includes any land use that is used for buying, selling, or trading goods and services.

12. Christaller’s Central Place Theory
This theory suggests that any good or service offered by a central place needs a minimum number of customers to stay in business
Low-order goods & services (need only a small population to stay in business – milk & bread)
Middle-order goods & services (larger population is needed – family doctors, hair salons, shoe stores)
High-order goods & services (need a large population – specialized hospital, art gallery, designer clothing store)