6.3 The changing structure of urban settlements Flashcards

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How have urban locations changed over time for manufacturing?

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  • Pre-1960s: disadvantages of CBD sites became obvious, as motor car allowed urban sprawl to occur. - New rural or suburban sites chosen
  • Post-1960s: most HIC cities are post-industrial as manufacturing has moved from HICs to MICs/LICs
  • Constrained Location Theory (problems inner-city manufacturing faced):
  • multi storey 19th century buildings unsuitable for modern ground floor manufacturing
  • intensive land use prevents expansion
  • previous land contamination means brown-site to costly to clean up
  • land prices too high due to competitions
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How has urban planning impacted the location of activities within urban areas?

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  • urban planning policies in 50s/70s demolished factories in slum housing areas
  • companies received gov incentives to relocate elsewhere
  • severe inner city job loss, but surplus labour in suburbs leads to new infrastructure/thriving factories
  • lower land costs/better quality of life
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How have urban locations changed over time for Retailing?

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  • traditionally in CBD
  • retail parks/urban superstores/out-of-town shopping centres and home delivery led to a decline
  • Out-of-town shopping centres are open, easily accessible, create jobs, offer advantages to shoppers.
  • However, they destroy green fields, create unskilled jobs, require a car to access, take trade from CBD and small businesses, impermeable surfaces and pollution

e.g:
- trafford centre: 31 million people visit each year

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How have urban locations changed over time for services? (and what factors have lead to this - see bold)

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Health:
- preference for one large, central hospital, instead of several smaller ones
- land costs/building space

Education:
- primary schools dotted around cities, fewer secondary schools with more central location as larger
- people travel further
- Accessibility and size/cost of land

Leisure/open space:
- Sports stadiums that used to be in inner city areas are being moved to edge of cities, due to shortage of space and congestion.
- Smaller parks/open spaces easily added to cities.
Congestion and space

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How is the CBD changing?

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  • Increased pedestrian zones
  • Indoor shopping centres
  • Environmental and safety improvements
  • Better access, as public transport and road networks improve

CBD decline:
- rise in car ownership = increased congestion and so becomes less accessible
- planning authorities may encourage/discourage out-of-town shopping, leading to changes in shopping habits
- Land and investments are cheaper on green-field sites, so retail industry moves out of CBD: good access and nice environments
- public view that area is dirty/unsafe
- urban sprawl blurs previous distinct boundaries, so becomes less important
- CBD development/maintenance cost is high

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What is the concentric zone model? (space competition)

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  • Assumes equal movement, uniform land and free competition for space, in all directions
  • Development is outwards from the centre with continuing in-migration
  • Business activity occurs in CBD as most people have access to that central point
  • low income groups lack transport/live close to city centre

Problems:
- old
- doesn’t consider car ownership
- model too simple
- landscape not considered

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What is the bid rent theory? (space competition)

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  • assumptions same as concentric model
  • city centre location is more expensive to buy/rent as it is most accessible, so only retail/offices will bid
  • Moving outwards, industry bids the most, then housing
  • Poor mobility and low-income groups reside in inner locations due to CBD access
  • High land prices are overcome as people live in high densities
  • Affluent and mobile seek cheaper land for better housing
  • Space traded off for commute time
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What does the sector model suggest about space competition?

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  • Maintains that most people have access to CBD.
  • industry follows transport routes
  • high class residential develops around physical/social features, e.g rivers
  • opposite side of city to where pollution blown by wind
  • Low class housing forced in less attractive areas, close to factories, and in the path that pollution is blown
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What does the multiple nuclei model suggest about spatial competition?

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  • CBD present, but not necessarily in centre of model
  • Low class housing found in cheap land areas (around industry). Higher class avoids industrial land, so locates on opposite side of the city
  • Areas of development occur outside the main settlement around new nuclei – such as out-of-town shopping centres.
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What is functional zonation?

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  • concept involves dividing urban areas based on their predominant functions, such as commercial, residential, industrial, and recreational uses
    Main principles guiding land use:
  • efficiency and accessibility: Land is allocated based on the need to optimise space for specific functions while ensuring accessibility.
  • Adaptability to Changing Urban Dynamics: Zoning must evolve in response to shifts in economic conditions and societal trends.
  • Regulatory Influence: Planning policies and regulations play a crucial role in shaping the development and character of functional zones.

Examples of functional zones:
- commercial zones
_ residential areas
- industrial districts

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What is the urban density gradient and how does it differ in HICs and LICs?

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  • population density falls with increasing distance from the CBD
  • HICs: there is an initial rise and then decline in density, as affluent population spreads further rurally
  • LICs: continued density increase, so density gradient is kept stable as urban area expands:
  • Due to; low personal mobility/public transport, CBD has a residential function (more compact CBD restricts sprawl).
  • High suburban densities do exist, and car ownership is increasing, leading to urban sprawl.
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What is residential segregation?

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  • clustering of certain groups of people/activities/services
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What are the processes of residential segregation?

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Operation of the housing market:
- housing supply should equal demand – but doesn’t
- Therefore, housing in short supply causes high property prices, and low-income people are pushed to the urban periphery.

Influence of family/friends:
- people migrating into an urban area tend to cluster close to family or friends for comfort and support

Culture:
- even if people earn enough to live in a certain area, they may choose not to if they don’t feel comfortable

Planning:
- urban planners aim for a good social mix of people to avoid ghettos

Finance:
- if access to mortgages good, residential segregation won’t be severe

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