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Urban Land Use

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By the end of this cycle you will be able to:

• Describe features of the Central Business District (CBD)

• Describe the features of the inner city

• Describe the features of the suburbs

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Simple transect across a city

CBDinner city inner citysuburbs suburbs

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The Central Business District (CBD)

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to list the features of the CBD

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CBD Characteristics1. Lots of shops and offices2. Lots of churches3. Entertainment – cinema, theatre, clubs4. Restaurants, pubs, clubs5. High price of land 6. Buildings are tall7. Oldest buildings8. Lots of traffic and pedestrians9. Main railway and coach stations

The Central Business District (CBD)

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The Inner City

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to list the features of the Inner City

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Inner city

Inner City Characteristics

1. Old industry2. Nearby railway lines and canals3. Little space for car parking4. Housing next to industry5. Tenement housing6. Grid iron street pattern7. Little or no gardens

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The Suburbs

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to list the features of the Suburbs

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The Suburbs

The Suburbs Characteristics

1. New housing

2. Detached houses

3. Semi detached houses

4. Gardens

5. Open space

6. Curved street pattern

7. Parking

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In the CBD there are shops, offices and entertainments.

In the inner city there is nineteenth-century tenement housing and industry, warehousing and high-rise flats.

In the suburbs there is modern/high class housing, new industrial estates/science and business parks, and shopping.

Key ideas!