3.3 Cities change overtime and land use changes

Define urbanisation?

The rise in proportion of people living in towns and cities.

Define suburbanisation?

When people move out from the city centre towards the suburbs of a city.

Define de-industrialisation?

The movement of manufacturing businesses moving out of an area to out of town areas that have lower rents or outsourcing manufacturing to another country.

Define counter-urbanisation?

When people migrate from urban to rural areas.

Define regeneration?

When people return to urban areas.

What are the different types of land use?

Residential - houses

Industrial - factories

Commercial - offices

Transport - roads

Recreational - golf course

The 3 factors that affect urban land use?

Availability

Planning regulations

Cost

How does accessibility affect urban land use?

large railway stations and airports usually built in city centres.

Offices, shops and malls usually are in city centre since their base is in an area with highest footfall.

How does planning regulations affect urban land use?

City planners try control development of cities by allowing different buildings types in different zones.

The regulations in city centres are usually very strict.

Green belt land on rural-urban fringe have strict planning regulation.

How does cost affect urban land use?

Cost of land decreases as you move further from the city centres since.

Businesses and shops are able to afford centrally located land but houses in there are rare and expensive.