3.3 Cities Change Overtime And Cities Land Use

Question 1

What is suburb-urbanisation and why does it happen?

Answer 1

. It is when people who can afford to move out of the city and travel to the suburbs.

.Often edges of the city

.some people want better and cheaper housing

.live closer to work than living in the ourskerts

Question 2

How did suburbanisation affect where people live?

Answer 2

.rural areas are poor improvement in agriculture mean fewer workers are needed

.leads to national migration to cities to seek better jobs

.hosing is open and allows more transport
Inks and greenary

Question 3

Why did counter-urbanisation happen?

Answer 3

.when people choose to move out of the city and move to rural areas

.some people want to move out of the city because they might want a quieter life style

Question 4

What is the difference between commercial, industrial and residential land in urban areas?

Answer 4

.industrial is a business that makes and manufactures products in the city

.commercial is a business that focuses on marketing

.residential is a place where they people would normally live

Question 5

How does accessibility affect land use?

Answer 5

.shops and offices would be found

.have good transport links

.they might contain a motorway for transport access

Question 6

Contrast urbanisation and counter urbanisation

Answer 6

.urbanisation movement of people to move urban areas occurs

.counter urbanisation more people move away from an urban area

.this offers more space and greenery, while for low skilled workers need to work close by the city

Question 7

What is re urbanisation and Why does it happen

Answer 7

.movement of people back into urban areas

.the cities offer more jobs and better housing and flats and have better conditions

Question 8

How does availability and cost effect land use?

Answer 8

.identify if its heavily built up

.brown field sites (where old factories and warehouses) used for housing, shops and offices

.cost effects land use that land in the city centre is the most expensive due to the lack of availability

.shops and offices can afford to pay high rent in the city

Question 9

Where do you find commercial, industrial and residential areas in the city?

Answer 9

.commercial is found in the business CBD

. Residential areas are found in the outskirts of the city

.industrial areas are found in the central areas because most old factory sites are located there

Question 10

How does planning affect the uses of land use?

Answer 10

.affect the land patterns

. The planners try to balance different, often competing uses for land

.the cities authorities often decided how they want a city to look and developed