GEOG 1HB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Concentric Zone Model, Gentrification, Shanty Town
12 Dec 2018
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Chapter 12: the city and the urban form. Central business district: (cbd) the social, cultural, commercial, and political centre of the city; usually characterized by high-rise office and residential towers, key municipal government buildings, and civic amenities. Key area for many aspects of modern society, but it is also ever changing. The cbd"s boundaries expand as the city grows, and the dominant functions change as certain land uses move to the city"s periphery. One of the defining elements of cities over the twentieth century was an increasing focus on the their suburbs. These places have been part of cities since their inception but are increasingly important because they house the majority of the city"s population and employee many of them too. Urban structure: the arrangement of land uses in cities; related to urban morphology. Urban land use broadly categorized into six types: residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation.
