Settlement revision: Changing land use in urban areas.

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Settlement revision Changing land use in urban
areas.

• LO To understand how urban areas change over
  time.

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Learning outcomes

• You are able to identify simple patterns of land
  use in urban areas (E)
• You are able to suggest how urban land use
  changes over time, and how planning can be
  sustainable to meet different needs (C)
• You are able to link urban land use change over
  time to specific case study examples, identifying
  sustainable planning (A/A)

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The different parts of a city

• Your task
• What is each part of the city like?
• Make a list of the characteristics of each part
  of the city.
• The CBD
• The inner city
• The inner suburbs
• The outer suburbs
• The rural/urban fringe

Think Where would you find a). The most
expensive land? b). The newest developments? c).
Brownfield land? d). Greenfield land? e).
Businesses? f). Families? g). Old factories?
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Developing urban areas

• Your task Make a copy of the table below, and
  put the needs into the correct columns
  suggesting how planners could meet these needs.

Social Needs How/where? Economic needs How/where? Environmental needs How/where?

Housing Better transport systems and
routes Waste disposal Jobs More green
spaces More social activities, e.g. golf/parks
SUSTAINABILITY Think How could you make each
of these needs sustainable? Is all development
sustainable?
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A case study of urban developmentBrindley
Place.
What was it in the past?
Social Planning How is it sustainable?
Economic Planning How is it sustainable?
What is it now?
Environmental Planning How is it sustainable?
What happened?
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To finish

• What would cities have looked like 100 years ago?
• What would cities have looked like 50 years ago?
• Why has urban land use changed over time?

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Learning outcomes

• You are able to identify simple patterns of land
  use in urban areas (E)
• You are able to suggest how urban land use
  changes over time, and how planning can be
  sustainable to meet different needs (C)
• You are able to link urban land use change over
  time to specific case study examples, identifying
  sustainable planning (A/A)