Features of a city and land use zones

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.

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.

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. 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. Educational: Any building connected to education e. g. libraries, schools and universities. This land use may be found anywhere in urban areas.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Land Use Zones Outer Suburbs Inner City Inner Suburbs CBD

Task 3: Complete the sheet on the next slide in order to show 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.