Images of Urban Land Use Zones

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Images of Urban Land Use Zones
Val Vannet 2004
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Features of Urban Land Use Zones

• The images in this presentation happen to be of
  DUNDEE
• They show land use along a transect from the CBD
  to the rural urban fringe
• Remember that what they show will also be
  happening in a city near YOU!

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A transect through the city
RURAL URBAN FRINGE
OUTER CITY
INNER CITY
CBD
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Aerial views
Rural urban fringe
Outer city
Inner city
CBD
Inner city
Inner city
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The Central Business District (CBD)
civic buildings
A mix of old and new
shops
pedestrian zones
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More features of the CBD
offices
banks
museum and art galleries
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The Twilight Zone some features
19th century housing nearby
edge of the CBD
car parks on cheaper land
vacant land awaiting development
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also called the Zone in Transition

• where CBD gives way to
• inner city
• there is a mix of land uses

Some redevelopment
Inner ring road

• land values are cheaper
• than in the CBD
• marks the limit of the pre-
• industrial city

bars/restaurants
A few shops
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The Inner City (1) Industry
In the 19th century more than half of Dundees
working population worked in the jute industry
derelict jute mills
The industry declined through the 20th century
and there are no jute mills in operation today
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The Inner City (2) Housing
19th century tenements still occupied in 1970
1970!
Many derelict and awaiting demolition in 2004
or ..
2004
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Redevelopment
1960s style
inner city factories and houses were demolished
and replaced with modern housing
High rise in the 1960s but low rise in the late
20th century
1990s style
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Other features of the Inner City
Victorian parks
Main road shopping
Refurbished tenements
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At the edge of the Inner City
Middle and upper class late Victorian
housing These houses were in the suburbs of
Dundee in 1900
Today they are well within the city
boundary Beyond them lies the outer city of the
20th century
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Inner City gives way to Outer City

• After WW1 the city began to grow outwards
  at a faster rate
• This was due to developments such as local
  authority housing, the emergence of building
  societies and improved public and private
  transport

Inter-war Local Authority housing
Inter-war owner occupied housing
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The Outer Ring Road 1930!
Dundees outer ring road was built in 1930.
Find it on the map. When it was built, it was
lined with fields. Since WW2, Dundee has
continued to expand well to the north of the
outer ring.
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Land Use on the Outer Ring Road
Why would these land uses locate on the outer
ring road ?
Beano and Dandy produced here!
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Outer City Housing Council Estates
peripheral housing estates
Built by the local authority in the late 20th
century
often to re-house people from the inner city
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Outer City Housing Private Estates
Low density private housing on the edge of the
city
1970s
2003
Large houses with modern amenities, spacious
gardens and off street parking/garages
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Outer City Industry Industrial Estates
Edge-of-city location
Easy access
Modern, single-storey factories

• large areas of
• cheap land
• room to expand
• near to main
• roads

Landscaped surroundings
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The Rural Urban Fringe (1)
city gives way to the countryside
Agriculture competes with a wide range of land
uses mainly serving the nearby city.
or does countryside give way to the city?
garden centres
sports clubs
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The Rural Urban Fringe (2)
new housing
recreation
new golf courses!
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Now Your Turn Which Urban Zone (1)?
CBD
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Which Urban Zone (2)?
Outer City Housing
Private and Council estates
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Which Urban Zone (3)?
Inner City Industry
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Which Urban Zone (4)?
Inner city housing
Inner city redevelopment
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Which Urban Zone (5)?
Outer city industrial estate
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Urban Land Use Zones

• Almost every city in Britain has a similar range
  of urban land use zones
• Check them out in a city near YOU!