Features of a city and land use zones

Fill in the table using the sentences on the sheet of paper on your desk:

Features of the inner city Features of the suburb

The houses are larger

The houses are newer

Most homes have gardens

It is closer to the city centre

The streets have more trees.

The houses are smaller

There is less open space

Few homes have garages

Few homes have gardens.

There are more shops nearby.

There is more open space.

There are fewer shops nearby.

It is closer to the countryside.

The houses are mainly terraced. The houses are mainly semi-detached.

Learning Objective:

•To understand the different land use zones in a city.

•To know the features that can be found in these zones.

Central Business District (CBD)

• has lots of shops

• usually where lots of business and offices are located

• very few houses

• very little open space

Inner City

•Lots of terraced houses

•Usually some factories and old industrial buildings

•Some factories may have been refurbished into flats or knocked down to build houses

Inner Suburbs

•As transport improved people began to move away from the city centre.

•Older suburbs quite close to the city centre

•Start to find semi-detached houses.

•More open space

Outer Suburbs

• Lots of detached housing

•Lots of new housing

• Lots of open space

• Out of town shopping centres

• Some new industrial estates

Land Use Zones

CBDInner City

Inner Suburbs

Outer Suburbs

Large collection of shops

Offices

Tall buildings

Terraced housing Semi-detached housing

Detached housing

Expensive newer housing with large gardens

A few shops (e.g. newsagents)Old industrial buildings

Commercial centre

Transport routes meet here

Out of town shopping centres