Key Question 1
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- Created on: 11-01-16 17:06
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- Key Question 1
- Functions
- Quaternary Industry
- Retail and Commerce
- Recreation
- Public Services
- Open Space
- Manufacturing Industries
- Transport
- Residential
- Spatial Patterns
- CBD
- Inner City Ring
- Suburban Ring
- Inner City Ring
- CBD
- Environmental factors
- Protected Environment
- Conservation areas - restricting development of land uses
- Location of river/coastline
- Land desirable
- Aesthetic value
- Easy access for transportation
- Land may be liable to flooding
- Left as a natural ecosystem
- Acts as flood control
- Land desirable
- Relief
- Some land uses require certain types of land
- Marshalls Airport / heavy industry (Mexico) flat land
- Desirable for some land uses
- High class residential
- Some land uses require certain types of land
- Protected Environment
- Political
- Economic investment by government + local council
- Can offer incentives to attract new developments or re-developments
- London Dockland area - retail, offices, residential
- Can offer incentives to attract new developments or re-developments
- Planning controls/land use zoning
- Govt. direct control on land use
- Determine the permitted land of all land + buildings
- Grant or deny planning permission
- More important in MEDCs than LEDCs
- Govt. direct control on land use
- Traffic management / road building schemes
- Govt. determines infrastructure
- Environmental/conservation
- Determine location of land
- Designated as protected - conservation of historic centres or natural landscapes
- Determine location of land
- Economic investment by government + local council
- Economic
- Wealth of Population
- Wealth + location based on balance between access to the city centre and size of living space
- High income residents live in areas with easy access to employment + services
- New developments of luxury housing
- Older housing areas become socially desirable
- De-industrialisation / derelict land
- Many regions experience de-industrialisation due to globalisation
- Location of transport links
- Industry often chooses to locate near major roads
- High class housing likely to be away from major roads
- Bid rent/cost of land
- Land uses compete for best location
- Greatest comp. in city centre
- Land most expensive + rent is high
- Greatest comp. in city centre
- High rise uses less land
- Built where rent is hghest
- Land use making highest profit can bid highest for land
- Land uses compete for best location
- Wealth of Population
- Social
- Socio-economic status
- Ethnicity
- Ethnic groups concentrate in certain areas
- Recently immigrated into country
- Trapped in low paid jobs - living in low income areas
- Desire to live near family/friends
- Ethnic groups concentrate in certain areas
- Stage of Life
- Young/single adults in flats near city centre
- Families with children likely to live in suburbs
- More semi-detached/detached housing
- Functions
- Functions vary from one city to another
- Cambridge
- Mexico City
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