Characterisitcs of Urban Areas

Question 1

Functions

Answer 1

• manufacturing used to be MEDC, now NICs and RICs
• jobs
• quaternary function is handling of info, research and financial
• recreation uses e.g. parks, gardens, playing fields

Question 2

patterns

Answer 2

• general age of urban areas decreases from centre as towns and cities grow outwards from a historical nucleus
• overall density of development decreases because as a town/city grows its fringe expands
• core, suburban ring and urban fringe

Question 3

urban land value service definition

Answer 3

the spatial variations in land values or rents within the built up area created by the bidding process

Question 4

how many urban processes are there??

Answer 4

4

Question 5

agglomeration

Answer 5

people are drawn into the newly emerging towns as new businesses are set up

Question 6

suburbanisation

Answer 6

people move out of the congested core into areas of lower density development

Question 7

urban regeneration

Answer 7

the revival and modernisation of old and run-down urban areas

Question 8

urban regeneration develops brown field sites:

Answer 8

land that has been used and abandoned and is now awaiting new use

Question 9

suburban intensification

Answer 9

suburbs become more urban as a result of increasing building densities, introducing non-residential activities and developing remaining open spaces

Question 10

agglomeration, regeneration and intensification are

Answer 10

centralising in character. they help to maintain the compactness of an urban area

Question 11

suburbanisation is counterurbanisation

Answer 11

it is decentralising causing the urban area to spread outwards