Landuse functions and patterns

What is Burgess's model of landuse based on?

What are the five concentric rings in Burgess's landuse model?

What does CBD stand for?

Give features of the CBD in Burgess's model. (hint: there are four)

Give features of the inner city in Burgess's model. (hint: there are three)

Give a feature of the suburbs in Burgess's model.

Give features of the outer suburbs in Burgess's model. (hint: there are two)

What is meant by the term 'functional zone'?

List ten landuse functions.

What is the land value paradox?

What is a 'twilight zone'?

What happens to building density from the centre to the edge of cities?

Why does building density become less further from the CBD?

Why may residential areas built between the two world wars be unlikely to be targeted for development? (hint: there are three reasons)

Describe the three type of landuses which typically characterise the inner city.

Why is (or was) housing dense in the inner city? (hint: there are 2 points)

How do major roads affect urban growth?

Explain why modern industry chooses out-of-town sites. (hint: there are five points)

Explain the differences between the inner city and the outer suburbs. (hint: there are seven points)