GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Urban Land, Edge City, High Tech
24 Dec 2016
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Urban structure & morphology: bid rent curves. Models of urban structure: sector model (hoyt, multiple nuclei (harris and ullman) Thinking of the cities you know, what are the key elements: e. g roads what else, parking lots, highways, busses, or other elements like lrt subway, traintracks, residential. Public buildings ( schools, areans, hospitals, city hall) Power lines, water lines part of the urban land use you dont see. Pubic space( parks, or large green space like central park) These elements are often summarized into the following six categories: residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, transportation/infrastructure, public. These categories, when expressed on the urban landscape become known as urban land uses. Residential areas: among the most complex (diverse) components of the urban land uses: from inner-city to suburban, from rich to poor to middle-class, from new to old etc. Industrial areas: heavy (traditional) industrial production, e. g. hamilton"s north-end. Light(innovative") production, including high-tech, food processing, e. g mcmaster inno. pk.
