4.3b and 4.6b Birmingham and Mexico city structure

What is the central point of a city called?

• Inner city

• Suburbs

• CBD (Central Business Distract)

• Rural- Urban Fringe

What is the zone which surrounds the CBD called?

• Inner city

• Suburbs

• CBD (Central Business Distract)

• Rural- Urban Fringe

What is the zone which surrounds the inner city called?

• Inner city

• Suburbs

• CBD (Central Business Distract)

• Rural- Urban Fringe

What is the zone which surrounds the suburbs called?

• Inner city

• Suburbs

• CBD (Central Business Distract)

• Rural- Urban Fringe

In UK cities, what is a main function of the CBD?

• Residential

• Retail, Government and commerce (banks)

• Industrial

• Open space

 In UK cities, the function of the inner city is residential. What type of houses are mainly found here?

• Flats

• Detached

• Semi- detached

• Terraced

Identify an inner city area in Birmingham.

• Middlefield Spring

• Sutton Four Oaks

• Sparkbrook

• Gadebridge

The urban-rural fringe in UK cities also has a residential function with many new built houses from the 1990s/21century. Identify the name of a new housing estate in Birmingham’s rural-urban fringe.

• Church Street

• Middlefield Spring

• Sutton Four Oaks

• Sparkbrook

Where are the oldest building found in UK cities?

• Inner City

• CBD

• Rural- Urban fringe

• Suburbs

There are however many new buildings in the CBD of UK cities, why?

• It has experienced regeneration and redevelopment

• It was the last area to be built

• There is lots of open space, so all new houses are built here

• There are lots of greenfield sites to build on.