3.2.3.2 Urban Forms

Question 1

Urban form

Answer 1

This refers to the physical characteristics of built up areas including shape, size density, and make up of settlements.

Question 2

Town centre mixed developments

Answer 2

This is the redevelopment of central business district to blend residential, commercial, cultural, industrial, an institutional land uses

Question 3

Cultural and heritage quarters

Answer 3

These are parts of the city which develop a cultural or heritage quarter to encourage growth and revitalise the local economy in the arts and creative industries.

Question 4

Fortress developments

Answer 4

These are urban areas which have a strong focus on security and use walls, guarded entrances and security firms to defend a residential or business area. They are based on the ideas of “Defensible Space”

Question 5

Gentrified areas

Answer 5

An area of a town or city - often in the inner city - which has been regenerated by individual people or groups of people.

Question 6

Edge cities

Answer 6

Modern suburban areas which act as alternative central business district – including shops, offices and entertainment. They are characteristic of low density suburbanisation as in the USA

Question 7

Post – modern western city

Answer 7

This is an urban form associated with changes in urban structure – multi- nodal, iconic and futuristic architectural design and planning and reflects changes social and economic conditions e.g. ethnic and cultural diversity and post-industrial economies.