(UR) Urban land use models

Question 1

burgess land use model

Answer 1

-shaped like a circle

• CBD at the centre
• manufacturing zone
• inner city (low class residential)
• inner suburbs (medium class residential)
• outer suburbs (high class residential)

Question 2

hoyt land use model

Answer 2

-has wedge shaped branches that follow transport links

• CBD at the centre
• inner city (low class residential) to the left
• inner city and then inner suburbs to the right
• outer suburbs running through the right
• a branch of manufacturing and inner city above and below the centre

Question 3

features of CBD

Answer 3

• shops and offices
• high price of land
• tall/old buildings
• traffic/pedestrians/busy
• young professionals/business owners

Question 4

features of inner city

Answer 4

• terraced/cramped housing
• variety of land use
• social housing
• low land values
• housing replaced with high rise flats

Question 5

features of inner suburbs

Answer 5

• grew along rail networks/transport links
• wealthier area
• mixture of housing
• built during the war
• gardens and off-road parking

Question 6

features of outer suburbs

Answer 6

• follows transport routes
• detached housing
• high land values
• privately owned
• built post war
• council housing estates

Question 7

features of maufacturing zone

Answer 7

• contains factories

- needed more space to build so moves out of the CBD

Question 8

Why did the low class residential locate near the manufacturing?

Answer 8

• housing was built for factory workers

- they needed to be close to the factories as there werer no cars/forms of transport

Question 9

What enabled the middle and high class people to move out of the city?

Answer 9

• development of cars/transport (which they could afford)
• people didn’t have to live close to where they work
• people with more money could afford better housing away from noise and air pollution