Urban And Rural Flashcards
(36 cards)
Urban areas
Large settlements like large cities
Rural/urban fringe
Countryside, farmland, small villages
Land use zones
Areas with similar land use
CBD Central Business District
Centre of most large cities,
Large shops,
offices,
entertainments
Inner City
19th century, edge of CBD
old houses
Industry
High rise flats
Suburbs
Council estates,
semi detached houses
Small shopping centres
Small industrial estates
Tenements
Houses/flats
SCOTTISH INNER CITY
Terraced houses
England and Wales
Why did urban areas start to grow?
People moved from rural areas
What is the oldest part of the city and why?
Grow outwards over time
Middle is the oldest
Land use zones in order:
- CBD
- Inner city
- Suburbs
- Rural/urban fringe
Route centres
Transport routes meet
Eg. Main roads
Bus stations
Train stations
Map evidence for CBD
Bus and train stations (route centres) University (uni)/(Coll) Tourist information centre Public buildings (town hall TH) (BOLD) Museums (oldest area) Tourist attractions Library (easy to access route centre) No open space Churches/cathedrals (old area)
Why are shops found in the CBD?
Easy to access
Route centre
So many people live in the CBD?
No
High cost of land
Causes of traffic in the CBD
Roads not designed for cars
On street parking
Main roads meet in city centre
Winding streets too narrow for cars
Solutions for traffic in the CBD
Out of town shopping centres (direct traffic away from the CBD)
One way streets (keep traffic flowing)
Car park charges (controls the amount of cars)
Improving public transport eg. Wifi (encourages people to use it)
Bus lanes (busses run faster)
Park and ride(less cars in the CBD)
By-pass (prevents cars from entering CBD when they don’t need to)
Multi-storey car parks (allow lots of cars to park in a small area)
Shopping changes in glasgows CBD
Discount stores -people who are less affluent
Charity shops- attempt to raise money for cause -for less affluent
Pedestrian shopping streets- less polluted -safer
Shopping centres -everything in one place (food, shops) -shelter from weather
Shop closures- due to retail parks and Internet shopping - 24hour supermarkets -out of town shopping centres
Why might shopping changes be bad for the CBD?
Shopping centres-
Trade taken from other CBD shops
Charity shops - don’t attract extra customers
- as workers volunteers few jobs created
Pound shops - don’t attract extra customers
- no high value goods, don’t bring rich people
Bus lanes - make other lanes busier
Pedestrianisation - more traffic added to other routes
-limits shops deliveries
One street parking - can cause confusion for drivers not familiar
-delivery problems
Inner City characteristics
Grid iron street pattern
Industry and housing close together (lack of transport)
Chimneys/smoke stack (old industry was coal powered)
Churches (older area, were more religious
Tenements housing/ terraced (more people small space, high land prices)
Empty buildings (industry shut down)
No gardens (lack of space, HLP)
Vandalism (buildings empty)
Multi-storey factory (sell good to CBD)
Marrow street
Inner city map evidence
Warehouses and factories (long obscure shaped buildings)
Railway lines/sidings/freight-lines/ canal (transport goods)
Main roads passing through
Chimneys
Gap sites ( industry left area)
Grid iron street pattern
Why were tenements/terraced housing built in the inner city?
To home factory workers
Problems with the old tenements
Old and run down
Cramped too many people in the one house/flat
Disease spread easily so many people in one place (lack of sanitation)
No waste collection (rubbish was piled up)
Lack of water (had to be collected outside)
No central heating or cookers
Unemployment caused poverty
Settlement
Places where people live
