1.6-Urban settlements (Urban zones)

Put these land use zones in the correct order from the centre to the edge:

• CBD

• Old Housing

• New Industry

• New Housing

• Old Industry

Can you match these statements to the correct land use zone?

Groups:

(a) CBD

,

(b) Inner City

,

(c) New Housing

,

(d) New Industry

• Grid iron street pattern

• Gardens and garages

• Detached or semi-detached houses

• Tourist information centre

• Main transport routes

• Suburbs

• Close to motorways

• Lack of open space

• Modern, single storey units

• Tallest buildings

• Local shops for bread and milk

• Most shops and museums

• Tenements

• Shipyards and canals

• Cheapest land on the edge

• Car parks for workers

• Chimneys

• Housing next to factories

• Curvilinear street pattern

• Planned industrial estates

Can you match the changes in Glasgow’s CBD to their reasons?

• More pleasant shopping experience

• Undercover shopping centres

• Competition from out-of-town malls

• Pedestrianisation

• Allows better traffic flow

• One-way streets

• Safer with less pollution

• Park and Ride schemes

• So there are fewer cars in the CBD

• Shop closures

In this urban model, land prices would be highest in the area labeled

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

According to the sector model, the best housing is located in

• sectors throughout the urban area.

• nodes near universities and parks.

• renovated inner-city neighborhoods.

• a corridor from downtown to the edge of the city.

In the concentric zone model, most low-income people would find affordable housing in

• zone 1.

• zone 2.

• zone 3.

• zone 4.

Why are many consumer, business, and public services located close to the Central Business District?

• Easily-accessible and best known part of a city

• Closest to major highways and most affordable part of a city

• Closest to residential areas and away from highways

• Far away from the suburbs and less accessibility

All of the following sectors have a presence in the CBD EXCEPT ____________.

• finance

• public

• manufacturing

• business

Which of the following is NOT a limitation to the urban structure models?

• They are too simple/generalized

• They rely on limited Census data

• They are based on European models and not relevant to the ASIA

• They are outdated