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Urban Land Use

Urban Land Use. Factors that determine where cities are located Transportation Types Urban Land Uses How cities grow (Diversity, Multiplier Effect, Renewal). Factors that determined the location of cities. - natural harbour - important road intersection. major highway

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Urban Land Use

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  1. Urban Land Use Factors that determine where cities are located Transportation Types Urban Land Uses How cities grow (Diversity, Multiplier Effect, Renewal)

  2. Factors that determined the location of cities • - natural harbour • - important road intersection

  3. major highway • natural resources

  4. river • railway

  5. TransportationRoads

  6. Major Types of Roads • Highways: minimum access and high-speed roadsdesigned for high traffic over long distances • ArterialRoads: main roadsthat carry trafficthrough the city; usuallylinedwith commercial and industrial land uses • Local Roads: smaller and narrower; take people fromtheir homes to the arterial road system; muchlower speed limits and volumes of traffic.

  7. Identify highway, arterial road and local road

  8. Railway

  9. Pipelines

  10. Types of Urban Land Use

  11. ResidentialDensity • The averagenumber of housingunits per hectare in an area • LOW DENSITY: Usually single-family homes • MEDIUM DENSITY: Usuallytownhouses • HIGH DENSITY: Usuallyapartments

  12. Which has high, medium or low density? #1 #2 #3 Apartments

  13. Commercial

  14. Industrial

  15. Residential

  16. Institutional

  17. Open Space and Recreational are everywhere!

  18. Hierarchy of Urban Services Check off whether each service is offered in a Small Town, Small City and/or Large City

  19. Diversified Urban Center For an urban center to develop, it needs to have diversity in the following areas. Otherwise, it will not grow and thrive. For example, places that have just one resource/industry cannot grow unless they diversify (develop new industries). • What are examples of manufacturing? • What are examples of transportation? • What are examples of resource use? • What are examples of service centres?

  20. Multiplier Effect This term helps to understand how communities can diversify. An increase (or decrease) in the number of non-basic jobs available in a city as a result of the growth (or decline) in the number of basic jobs. For example, in Cornwall, Domtar Papermill employed nearly a thousand employees. And these employee settled and raised their families in Cornwall, thus creating the need for numerous services (basic and non-basic) i.e. doctors, dentists, plumbers, shopping malls, etc. Therefore, Domtar created a massive ‘Multiplier Effect’ in Cornwall. It also had the same “reverse” effect when it shut down in 2006.

  21. ChangingCities:Citiesgrowoutwardfrom a central core Think about the construction of a cities over time… Buildings tend to getnewer as the distance fromthe city core increases. However, wemustn’tforget: UrbanRenewal!!! • Renovation - a building is redone or changed into something else. • Redevelopment – a building is torn down and a new one is built.

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