Land Use Zones In MEDC Cities

Question 1

Define functional land use zones.

Answer 1

Areas of larger settlements such as cities which have developed mainly as residential, commercial or industrial, etc.

Question 2

What does CBD stand for?

Answer 2

Central Business District

Question 3

Where is the CBD found?

Answer 3

In the centre of a city

Question 4

What are the characteristics of the CBD? [3]

Answer 4

1. The main shops and offices are found here.
2. All transport links lead to it, making it the most accessible area of the city.
3. Tall buildings.

Question 5

Explain why demand for space in the CBD is high and what this has led to.

Answer 5

Demand for space in the CBD is high because the CBD is the centre of commerce and entertainment.
Shops are willing to pay a lot to locate here because they are reaching the largest number of people.

Question 6

Where is the inner city?

Answer 6

It surrounds the CBD

Question 7

What are the characteristics of the inner city? [4]

Answer 7

1. Residential area
2. High population density
3. Often has urban decay and dereliction (inhabitants are poor, crime rates are high and unemployment is common)
4. Often has high levels of deprivation.

Question 8

Define gentrification.

Answer 8

Where new housing is sometimes built to cater for the wealthier incomer.

Question 9

Where are suburbs found?

Answer 9

On the edge of a settlement.

Question 10

What are the characteristics of suburbs? [3]

Answer 10

1. Residential area
2. Have detached, single-family houses
3. Low population density

Question 11

Where are industrial zones found in a city and why?

Answer 11

Generally located in the inner city because the city has grown around them.
More modern industrial zones are found on the outskirts of the city.

Question 12

What are the characteristics of the older industrial zones? [4]

Answer 12

1. Have transport links such as railways or canals
2. Likely to have older buildings
3. Surrounded by housing that originally accommodated the people who worked there (e.g. Mill towns in Ireland and the UK)

Question 13

What are the characteristics of the modern industrial zones? [2]

Answer 13

1. Buildings are more modern

2. They rely on motorway transport to bring in workers and raw materials and to distribute the finished product.

Question 14

Where is the rural-urban fringe located?

Answer 14

On the edge of many modern cities.

Question 15

What are the characteristics of the rural-urban fringe? [4]

Answer 15

1. Recycling facilities
2. Park and ride facilities
3. Airports
4. Large hospitals

Question 16

Define the term urban sprawl.

Answer 16

The unplanned growth of a city into the nearby countryside.

Question 17

What is the impact of urban sprawl on the environment?

Answer 17

1. Wildlife habitats are lost

2. Water can’t infiltrate into the ground as easily because it becomes impermeable which can lead to flooding