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Using the image below, what do you think it is showing?�

Criteria:

  • Use key terms throughout.
  • Include at least 3 differences.
  • Include facts and statistics.

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Extension: Explain how this might relate to urban land use.

This is the Burgess Model - This model is based on the idea that land values are highest in the centre of a town or city. This is because competition is high in the central parts of the settlement. This leads to high-rise, high-density buildings being found near the Central Business District (CBD), with low-density, sparse developments on the edge of the town or city.

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Topic 3 - Challenges of an Urbanising World

Urban Land Use

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Learning Objectives

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To describe the Burgess Model.

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To Explain the characteristics of different urban land uses.

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To assess the factors affecting urban land use.

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Literacy Focus = use of connectives e.g. ‘because’, ‘therefore’

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During the video, on your mini-whiteboards�Bullet point at least 5 pieces of information

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Land use in cities...

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  1. Use this information to annotate your copy of the Burgess Model (attached on next slide)

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  • Using your diagram, describe and explain the structure and land uses of urban areas.

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  • Explain the differences between the CBD and the suburbs (4)

Extension: Explain the differences between the inner city and the rural-urban fringe

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Challenge

Explain why not all urban areas will follow the Burgess Model of land use

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Diagram of urban land uses

(use the information on slide 4 to fill this in)

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Explain one reason why building height varies in urban areas. (2)

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Factors affecting land use...

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  1. Rank the factors affecting land use in cities from 1-4 (1 the most significant, 4 the least significant). Justify and explain why you ranked the top and bottom factor the way you have.
  2. Explain how typical land use on the edge of a city is influenced by accessibility and cost (4)
  3. Explain how planning regulations might restrict the growth of a city (4)

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Explain one way that planning regulations may influence land use in cities

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Challenge

Explain how land uses in the city centre might change over time

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