Land Use Models

Question 1

Land use

Answer 1

The type of buildings or other features that are found in the area e.g. terraced housing, banks, industrial estates, roads, parks.

Question 2

Fuction

Answer 2

The purpose of a particular area. E.g. for residential use, recreation or shopping.

Question 3

CBD

Answer 3

The main shopping and service area in a city. The CBD is usually found in the middle of the city so that it is easily accessible.

Question 4

Inner city

Answer 4

The area around the CBD – usually built before 1918 in the UK.

Question 5

Outer city or suburbs

Answer 5

The area on the edge of the city. Many suburbs were built after 1945 and get newer as they reach the edge of the city.

Question 6

What do cities look slike when they grow?

Answer 6

1. People live in small villages
2. Small towns with some shops + services
3. People migrate from thr surrounding rural areas to find city work
4. Most workes lived in cheap+ easy ti build terraced houses
5. In the IR factories were in ddge of towns
6. As people become weslthier theg mivd out of terraces to larger houses on city edge with more space + less pollution

Question 7

Burgess model

Answer 7

. Land use model
. Describes the patterns of land use of a city in an MEDC
. Based on Chicago where lots of imigrants came + based on ethnic segregation
Rings on model (start in and work your way out):
1. CBD
2. Zone of transition
3. Residential (lower class)
4. Residential (middle class)
5. Residential (upper class)

Question 8

CBD

Answer 8

Features:
. Shops
. Offices
. Entertainment
. Few houses
. Land very expensive - ££££

Question 9

Inner city

Answer 9

. Occupied by those that have escaped Zone 2 or 2nd generation immigrants that need to live close to factories
. Small terraced Houses or back to backs – no gardens or garages.
. Some old, disused factories.
. Land still expensive - £££
. High density housing
. On street parking
. Very little greenery

Question 10

Inner suburbs

Answer 10

. Semi-detached houses – small gardens + garages
. Open Space/parks
. Land slightly cheaper - ££
. Shopping centres e.g. One Stop
. Medium density housing
. Near main roads
. Inter-war private semi detached housing
. Council estates

Question 11

Outer suburbs (rural-urban fringe)

Answer 11

. Large detached houses
. Plenty of open space
. Some council estates.❖Land much cheaper - £
. Cul – de – sacs
. Low density housing
. Commuters

Question 12

Hoyt Model

Answer 12

. Based on the circles on the Burgess model, but adds sectors of similar land uses concentrated in parts of the city
. Notice how some zones, eg the factories/industry zone, radiate out from the CBD
. This is probably following the line of a main road or a railway

Question 13

Mann model

Answer 13

. Combined Burgess and Hoyt
. Prevailing wind from the South West leads to high class housing locating in the south west as the wind blows pollution from the city to the North East
. Heavy industry found along the main lines of communication