Urban Morphology

Question 1

What does urban refer to?

Answer 1

Towns and cities

Question 2

What does rural refer to?

Answer 2

countryside and villages

Question 3

What does urban land use mean?

Answer 3

It is how the land is used includes shops, industries, offices, housing and parks

Question 4

What does urban zones mean?

Answer 4

It in when different land uses aren’t jumbled up in urban areas with distinct zones.

Question 5

What is morphology?

Answer 5

It is the way the different land uses are arranged in a town or city.

Question 6

What is an urban model?

Answer 6

It shows how the land uses may be arranged in cities in both MEDCs and LEDCs.5

Question 7

What is the CBD?

Answer 7

• where main shops and offices are found
  -transport links
  -most desirable
  -congested
  -pedestrianised
  -high rents

Question 8

What is in the inner city?

Answer 8

-high pop density
-urban decay and dereliction
-lower socio-economic classes
-terraced housing

Question 9

What is in the suburbs?

Answer 9

-resident areas at edge of settlements
-large detached housing
-low population densities
-high car ownership
-detached and semi detached housing

Question 10

What is in the rural urban