A-Level Geography - Human - Urban Forms

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  • Urban Forms
    • Land Use Patterns
      • HICs
        • Housing is high density in the Inner City, and along with high land value many residents here live in relative poverty
        • Land value is lower in suburban areas, so housing is less dense and more open space, so residents here are wealthy
        • The proportion of people from ethnic minorities tends to decrease with distance from the CBD due to living costs
        • Tertiary/Quaternary services, like shopping centres, may be built in the suburbia due to land cost
      • LICs
        • Land value is highest around the city, so high-cost housing is built there, where residents are wealthy immigrants
        • Surrounding high-cost housing is medium-cost housing, which may have started as an informal settlement but improved over time
        • The outskirts of cities have marginal land, so squatter settlements are built which contain poor immigrants
        • Industrial areas are located along transport links like major roads and rail lines
      • The Burgess Model (Chicago)
        • Central Business District
          • Historical part of the city, High-Rise, High Land Value
        • Outer Suburbs
          • Built after the 1960s, Detached houses, UK Cities have a 'green belt' beyond this
        • Inner City
          • Built during the Industrial Revolution, Terraced housing, Started Rural -> Urban Migration
        • Inner Suburbs
          • Build during the Interwar period (1920s/30s), Semi-detached housing, Started Suburbanisation
    • Case Study - Glasgow
      • Housing
        • Tenements with mixed housing with community facilities recreated after Comprehensive Redevelopment
          • The Gorbals features 4 storey tenements that feature a modern design
        • Mixture of people, income, jobs and tenure rather than segregation between Inner City/Suburbs
      • Industry
        • Like most HIC cities, transitioned from secondary to tertiary/quaternary industry
        • 52 hectares of old harbour was transformed by £1.2 billion project into 4000 riverside apartments + 50,000 sqr feet of retail + 20,000 sqr feet of leisure
        • Has a huge tourism industry due to attractions, starting 60,000 new jobs since 1998
      • Central Business District
        • Burrell Gallery, Modern Art Gallery and Kelvingrove Museum act as Cultural & Heritage Quarters
          • In 2006, Kelvingrove brought 3m visitors, biggest attraction in Scotland
        • Buchanan Street is one of the UK's largest shopping areas
          • Fought of out of town shopping centres present in other HIC cities
    • Changes in HICs
      • Gentrification
        • Wealthier people move into rundown inner city areas and regenerate them
        • Areas have a large range of services, however poorer residents may move due to costs increasing
      • Fortress Developments
        • Developments that have lots of security, like CCTV, guards and high walls
        • Designed to give a safe environment for families, and only wealthy people can afford to live in
        • Popular in NEEs like South Africa
      • Edge Cities
        • New areas of offices, shows and facilities that develop close to major transport links
        • Majority of edge cities have been developed in the 1950s/60s due to car ownership
        • Warner Centre Woodland Hills is an edge city of Los Angelis, 50km from the CBD
          • Cheaper land and businesses moving has reduced social costs
      • Post-Modern Western Cities
        • Focusing on tertiary and quaternary industries, instead of the secondary industry
        • Less uniform architecture
        • Higher social and economic inequality present in the city

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