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Urban Settlements

Urban Settlements. Key Questions. What is an Urban Settlement? The Distribution of Major Cities in the World Urbanization and Urban Growth How does the urban growth?. An Urban Place is …. An Urban Place is. Hong Kong. New York. Tokyo. Bombay. Sao Paulo.

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Urban Settlements

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  1. Urban Settlements

  2. Key Questions • What is an Urban Settlement? • The Distribution of Major Cities in the World • Urbanization and Urban Growth • How does the urban growth?

  3. An Urban Place is …...

  4. An Urban Place is . . . .

  5. Hong Kong New York Tokyo Bombay Sao Paulo

  6. Spatial Distribution of World Cities • along the coast / route focus • mainly in the N. Hemisphere • mainly between 100N and 600N

  7. Conurbation and Megalopolis

  8. Some Conurbation and Megalopolises in the World

  9. Urbanization Urbanization is defined as the process by an increasing proportionof a country’s population lives in urban areas.

  10. Urban Growth Urban growth means the increase in the number, but not the necessary the proportion, of urban dwellers in a country.

  11. The Proportion of World Population Living in Urban Areas

  12. How does Urbanization take place ?

  13. (1) Natural Growth of Urban Population Rural Birth Rate - Death Rate Urban

  14. (2) Rural-Urban Migration

  15. Push Factors People leave their old home rural area because of....

  16. No spare land to get a farm! • No jobs available! • Poor and inadequate facilities! • Boring life!

  17. Low Living Standard! • Poor living Condition! • Overpopulation! • Less Provision of Education!

  18. Pull Factors People are attracted to cities because of....

  19. Easy to get a job! • Better living conditions! • Better facilities! • More entertainment !

  20. Improved Communication! • High and Stable Income! • More Provision of Education! • Industrialization!

  21. How does the urban grow and expand? • Two types of expansion: • 1. Horizontal - (urban sprawl) • 2. Vertical - (buildings increase in height)

  22. Process of Urban Sprawl • Overcrowded • Expand outwards • Along the main road • Star shape • Feeder join to the main road • New settlement filled SEA

  23. Key Questions • Urban Land Uses in Hong Kong • Land Use Models • Current Development of Urban Areas in Hong Kong

  24. Urban Land Uses • Commercial Land Use • Residential Land Use • Industrial Land Use • Institutional Land Use • Recreation Land Use • Transport Land Use

  25. Commercial Land Use • Central Business District (CBD) • Examples in Hong Kong: - Central, - Tsim Sha Tsui • High land rent • Good accessibility • High-rise building

  26. Residential Land Use • High class residential areas - Mid-levels, Kowloon Tong, Hong Lok Yuen • Middle class residential areas - Tai Koo Shing, Mei Foo Sun Chuen • Low class residential areas - Tse Wan Shan, Yau Ma Tei

  27. How do we classify the residential area?

  28. Industrial Land Use • Old Industrial Zone - Tai Kok Tsui, - Sheung Wan • Industries along the waterfront - Kwai Chung, Kwun Tong • New Industrial Zone - Tai Po, Yuen Long, Junk Bay

  29. Industrial Land Use In Hong Kong • What type of industries are the pictures?

  30. Institutional Land Use • Administrative: - Courts • Cultural and public services: - Schools • Military: - Barracks

  31. Recreation Land Use • Parks • Sport ground • Indoor playground • Swimming pool

  32. Transport Land Use • Roads • Car parks • Transport Terminals • Airports • Container Terminals

  33. Distribution of Major Urban Land Use Zones in a City • Concentric Model - by E.W. Bugress (1923) • Sector Model - by H. Hoyt (1939) • Multiple Nuclei Model - by C.D.Harris and E.L.Ullman (1945)

  34. Concentric Model Central Business District (CBD) Wholesale, LightManufacturing (ZoneinTransitional) Low Class Residential Middle Class Residential High Class Residential

  35. Sector Model Central Business District (CBD) Low Class Residential Middle Class Residential Wholesale, LightManufacturing (ZoneinTransitional) High Class Residential

  36. Multiple Nuclei Model M.C.R. CBD H.C.R. Wholesale Light Manufacturing Outlying Business District L.C.R. Residential Subrub Heavy Industries Industrial Subrub

  37. Factors Affecting the Distribution of Urban Land Use Zones • Economic Factors - Competition for the use of urban land • Institutional Factors - The role of government • Historical Factors - Lack of planning, same social groups

  38. Relationship between Bid Rent and Land Use Patterns in a City Commercial Industrial Residential

  39. Current Development of Urban Areas in Hong Kong

  40. Prepared byHumanities Unit Curriculum Development InstituteEducation Department& Ng King YeungC.C.C. Kei Yuen College

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