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• "hat is a land use model#

• Why does land use vary within an urban area?

• What are the characteristics of the Central

Business istrict !CB"?

• What are the characteristics of the inner city?

• What are the characteristics of the suburbs? ! e a

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!and use models

#eo$ra%hers use &odels to hel% the& understand

reality' Land use &odels tell us where we &i$ht

e(%ect to find different land uses like hi$h )uality

housin$ or industry' *hey also hel% to e(%lain the

%attern of $rowth of a city'

Why do $eo$ra%hers study &odels?


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!and use models % &oncentric 'odel

ori$inalsettle&ent

(urgess based his

studies on Chica$o'+e clai&ed that

&ost towns and

cities $row outwards

fro& an old centre

and e)ually in all

directions'

,n Britain- &any towns $rew ra%idly in the nineteenth.

and twentieth.centuries'

Why do you think that was the case?


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&oncentric 'odel

*his inner city area is also known as

the )*one of Transition’ or the

)Twilight *one’'

suburbs

inner cit+


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rban growth


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&oncentric 'odel


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!and use models % Sector 'odel

o+t develo%ed his &odel after the introduction of

%ublic trans%ort' +e clai&ed that land uses develo%ed insectors alon$ &ain trans%ort routes'


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rban models

/" Which of these &odels

is the Concentric1odel?

2" What labels are

&issin$ fro& the key?

3" List the si&ilarities and

differences between

the &odels'


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• What is a land use &odel?

• "h+ does land use var+ within an urban area#





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"h+ does land use var+#

Land values are a &aor influence on land use %atterns'



• Land values

• 4%ace

• $e

• ccessibility

• Wealth of the inhabitants

• 6lannin$ %olicies

"h+ does land use var+#

Land values are a &aor influence on land use %atterns-

but they are not the only factor7



Simple transect across a cit+

CBinner

city

inner

citysuburb

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suburb

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• "hat are the characteristics of the &entral

(usiness -istrict &(-/#



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The &entral (usiness -istrict &(-/

4tudy the followin$ slide'

Write down the characteristics of a CB'

What do you e(%ect to find in a CB?



The &entral (usiness -istrict &(-/



&(- &haracteristics

/" Concentration of sho%s and

offices

2" +i$h %rice of land

3" Buildin$s are tall with &ulti%le

uses'

8" 9ften the :one with the oldestbuildin$s

5" Concentration of traffic and

%edestrians

;" Little residential land use



&haracteristics of the &(-







• "hat are the characteristics of the inner cit+#


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0nner cit+

*he inner city includes a variety

of land uses' 9ri$inally it used to

be an area of nineteenth.centuryterraced housin$ for factory

workers' 4o&e of this housin$

has been now re%laced with

hi$h rise flats'

escribe these ty%ical inner city scenes'

Why is the inner city also called the one of *ransition?



0nner cit+



0nner cit+ housing

Why do you think the housin$

was built in this way?








• "hat are the characteristics of the suburbs# ! e a

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The suburbs

*he suburbs $rew &ost ra%idly in the

@A with the $rowth of the rail network'

*his allowed %eo%le easier access to

the city centre for work and recreation'

*he suburbs contain a &i(ture of housin$ which

tends to be &ore s%acious and &odern than the

housin$ found in the inner city' We can dividethe suburbs into inner and outer suburbs'

inner suburbs inter.war

housin$ !/20./85"

outer suburbs %ost.war housin$

and council housin$ estates



The suburbs

Why do you think %eo%le &oved to the suburbs fro& the inner city?

4uch &ove&ent is called suburbanisation'

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ousing in the suburbs

escribe the %attern of housin$ in the

suburbs'

+ow does it differ to traditional inner city

housin$ areas?

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0nner cit+ or the suburbs#



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0n which urban 1one2s are +ou li3el+ to find

a sho% o%en at 2a&?

a s&all corner sho%?

the cathedral?

a &useu&?

a de%art&ent store?

the hi$hest buildin$s?

an old warehouse?

houses with lar$e $ardens?

$olf courses?

cul.de.sacs?

a castle?

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rban land use % what do +ou 3now#

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!and use models tell us where we &i$ht e(%ect to find

different land uses and hel% to e(%lain the %attern of $rowth of

a city'(urgess noted that urban areas $row outwards fro& an old

centre in the concentric &odel' o+t said that $rowth

occurred alon$ trans%ort routes in his sector &odel'

4everal factors influence land use patterns, es%ecially landvalues'

,n the &(- there are sho%s- offices and entertain&ents'

,n the inner cit+ there is nineteenth.century terraced housin$

and industry- warehousin$ and hi$h.rise flats'

,n the suburbs there is &odernDhi$h class housin$- new

industrial estatesDscience and business %arks- and sho%%in$'

Ke+ ideas5

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