Urban Land Use Land Use ZONING Bylaws laws
Urban Land Use
Land Use ZONING Bylaws: laws for municipalities (small localities) • ZONING bylaw: Controls the kind of development in an area • Eg. You cannot turn your apartment into a small convenience store!
6 Major Land Uses 1. Residential: homes 2. Transportation: roads, railways 3. Commercial: stores 4. Industrial: (eg. Food packaging plant) 5. Institutional and Public Buildings: schools, hospitals, churches, gov’t offices 6. Open Land/ Parks: vacant land, woodlots, cemeteries, fields
1. Residential
Two factors affect residential density: 1) cost of land: • More expensive land = higher residential density (eg. Downtown) • You need more people to live in a smaller area to pay for the price of the land. • Lower land cost = lower residential density (eg. Suburbs) • You don’t need as many people to pay for the price of the land 2) Age of the neighbourhood • Older neighbourhoods = high residential density • They were formed before most people used cars, so people had to walk or bus to places. Therefore, places were close together (high density)
2. Transportation • Travel paths: roads • Terminal facilities: train station, subway/bus stations…etc
3. Commercial Centres • Areas that sell a small quantity to individuals
4. Industrial Land Use • Factories and manufacturing • Storage warehouses • Shipping centres
4. Institutional and public buildings schools, hospitals, churches, gov offices, police station
Other factors affecting land use
Land Use ZONING Bylaws: laws for municipalities (small localities) • ZONING bylaw: Controls the kind of development in an area • Eg. You cannot turn your apartment into a small convenience store!
THE GREENBELT
CLIMATE Cold cities like Montreal and Toronto build underground paths and shopping areas! (Dundas, queen, king, union, st. Andrew, osgoode subway stations)
3. URBANIZATION Urbanization (noun) is when cities grow and GROW! Urban Sprawl: Urban areas spread too quickly and are difficult to manage. (it is a type of urbanization which has a negative connotation).
Positives and Negatives of Urbanization • Positives: • creation of jobs; larger markets for businesses; better stores to shop at; more services available • Negatives: • more traffic congestion; more air pollution from traffic; loss of green space; loss of farmland
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