Transcript Glasgow Case Study - Jordanhill School

Land use in the city
GLASGOW CASE
STUDY
Aims of this lesson
 To learn how land is used in cities.
 To learn the different the different
areas of a city and what they are like.
 To look at Glasgow as a case study.
Starter
 Talk with the person next to you and answer
these questions:
 Are all the different parts of your city the
same?
 How are they different?
 How many different “parts” of the city can
you think of?
Land use zones
Land use zone:
Areas of cities that are grouped
together by similar use or function.
Examples could be a cities central
business district (CBD – city
centre) or housing areas.
Land use zones
 The different parts of a city can be sorted into
different land use zones.
 Look at the diagram on page 31 of the Human
Environment book.
CBD has:
The CBD: Central Business District
•High order shops
•Main roads meeting there
•Offices, hotels and entertainment
What
are
•The town hall,
main
busit’s
andcharacteristics?
railway station
Where is Glasgow is like this?
•Heavy traffic
•The oldest part of town, with many churches
and narrow roads
•The most expensive land
•This means buildings are densely packed together.
•It has a grid iron street pattern.
•Buildings are often tall to make use of land price.
Land use zones group task.
• Working in groups you must learn about the
remaining land use zones.
• You are not going to learn about every different
zone just 2. Then the class will feed back to each
other with the information.
Land use zones group task.
• To complete the task you must:
• Research the zones that you are given and
find out as much about them as you can
using the Human Environment book (pages
33-34) and the internet.
• You must create a PowerPoint presentation
to give to the class on the zones that you
have been given. This can include pictures
and text on the land use zones.
Look at Glasgow’s CBD PP
 Task:
 Turn to page 34 of the human
environment book. Answer Core Q’s 14.
Task:
 Turn to pages 32-33 of the Human
Environment book.
 Copy the headings of all the major
land uses and take notes on each one.
 (You do not need to write every detail.
Read the points and take down what
you think is most important.)
Land use zones.
 CBD
 Old industrial zone
 Old housing zone
 New housing zone
 New industrial zone
 New business district.
Old industrial zone:
Where in Glasgow would you find this?
The old industrial zone usually has:
•Tall factories built of brick and stone.
•Factories with chimneys.
•Some waste land where old factories have been pulled
down.
•Some new industry replacing the old factories.
•Some nearby railways and canals.
•Little greenery.
•Quite heavy traffic.
•Densely packed buildings.
•Buildings with slate roofs.
Old Tenement housing.
• Built close to the factories.
• Poor living conditions.
• Many people in a small area.
• In more recent years these may have been done up.
New Housing zone:
• One or two stories semi-detached.
• Houses with larger gardens.
• Parks and open land.
• Quieter than old housing and CBD.
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Land use models.
 What are land use models?
 Land-use models are theories which attempt
to explain the layout of urban areas. A model
is used to simplify complex, real world
situations, and make them easier to explain
and understand.
 There are two main land-use models that
apply to urban areas in MEDCS (More
Economically Developed Countries). These
are the Burgess and Hoyt model.
Land use models.
 The model below is the Burgess model
(also known as the Concentric Model).
 The Hoyt Model
The model below is the Hoyt model (also
known as the Sector Model).
Do you think Glasgow fits
any of these models?
Land use and land price
• IMPORTANT
• The price of land varies a lot in different parts of the city.
• Where do you think the most expensive part of the city
is?
• CBD = Most expensive
• Outskirts of the city = least expensive
• However the price sometimes goes up slightly close to
new business areas (retail parks)
Land use and land price
• Now that you know about land prices how can that help
explain the characteristics of each of the land use
zones?
• Hint think of the CBD first.
• What is the layout like?
• What are the buildings like?
• Then think of the different housing zones and their
layout and buildings? Can the land prices explain this
too?
• Write your answer in your jotter (5KU)
Land use and land price
• The CBD is the most expensive land use zone. This
means that the most needs to be made of that space.
Buildings are built very close together and there is little
space for greenery. The buildings are also build very
high to maximise the price of the land.
• The old housing and industry suffer from the same
problems. The land is still expensive so buildings are
tall, everything is cramped together and in a grid iron
pattern.
Land use and land price
• As you move away from the town centre land price
begins to drop. This means that the new housing can be
more spaced apart and have gardens, it will also be no
more than two stories. The roads will be curved and
have cul-de-sacs.
• New industry will be on industrial estates with lots of
space to expand into. Buildings will be modern and low.
There will be lots of greenery due to the low price of the
land.
Land use and land price
• There is sometimes a slight jump in price near the edge
of cities where new retail zones are found. This is
because lots of businesses will want to move here to
make profit.
Task:
 Go over the information about Glasgow on
pages 36-37 with your teacher.
 Complete the General Questions on page 35.
Starter:
 We are going to re-cap the last few
lessons.
 You must discuss the questions that
come up on the board.
Number 1:
What land use zone is this?
Where would it be found?
What are the main characteristics?
Number 2:
What land use zone is this?
Where would it be found?
What are the main characteristics?
Number 1:
What land use zone is this?
Where would it be found?
What are the main characteristics?
Number 2:
What land use zone is this?
Where would it be found?
What are the main characteristics?
Number 1:
What land use zone is this?
Where would it be found?
What are the main characteristics?
Number 2:
What land use zone is this?
Where would it be found?
What are the main characteristics?