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Lesson Objectives: To identify the main land uses in different Urban Zones

Lesson Objectives: To identify the main land uses in different Urban Zones Be able to describe and account for differences in land use from the CBD to the edge of the city. Main Land Uses of CBD. Offices Accessible by networks (Central station, M8, M74, Buchanan Bus Station)

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Lesson Objectives: To identify the main land uses in different Urban Zones

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  1. Lesson Objectives: • To identify the main land uses in different Urban Zones • Be able to describe and account for differences in land use from the CBD to the edge of the city

  2. Main Land Uses of CBD • Offices • Accessible by networks (Central station, M8, M74, Buchanan Bus Station) • Can afford high rents (specialist and make high profit) • Agglomeration of services and offices e.g. Argyll Arcade • Comparison Shops • Can afford high rents • High pedestrian flow…. More potential customers • Buchanan Galleries/ Princess Square • Anchor shops • Good transport links e.g queen st or central station. Accessible for workers and customers • Convenience Shops • Services to offices/shoppers/ tourists for Lunches / newspaper /sweets • Public Buildings • Victorian City – City Chambers, Cathedral, shows oldest part of city and Victorian wealth

  3. Industry Tenements

  4. Main Land Uses of Inner City • Residential • C19th workers lived by work – lack of transport and lack of money to move elsewhere • Industry • Clydeside shipbuilding/ Iron works near raw materials and transport links e.g canal, river or rail • Convenience shops • Cheaper rents, low cost food, still enough workers and houses to supply • Lack of comparison shops: not an up market location/ lack of prestige • Open spaces • Glasgow green: leisure and fresh air in C20th

  5. Main Land Uses of Outer Zone • Residential • Quiet upbringing for family, cheaper land so can afford gardens, away from pollution • Open Spaces • Rouken Glen Park, golf courses. Leisure pursuits at weekend. People have more free time and money • Conv Shops • Amenities around all residential areas to cater for everyday needs • Offices • Cheaper rents for small firms, estate agents prefer to be in suburbs for networking

  6. Residential and Industrial Estates

  7. Main Land Uses of Edge of City • Residential • Large area • Industrial Estates • Large open areas, cheap land, room for expansion • Conv Shops • Amenities around all residential areas to cater for everyday needs • Offices • Purposely built estates

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