Land Use Zones
Case Study Glasgow.
Higher Geography
Land Use Zones
Learning Objectives
• Identify different land use zones from the
CBD to the suburbs using map evidence to
justify your answers.
• Describe the land use associated with each
functional zone.
What are the different land uses in a city?
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Similar land use zones are called FUNCTIONAL ZONES!
Residential
Industrial
Service – Retail
Administrative
Educational
Transport
Medical
Financial
Entertainment
Religious
City Land Use & Maps
We will look at the following key parts or “Zones”,
of the city using O.S. Maps.
1) CBD
2) Transition zone / inner city.
INCLUDES - Low Cost Housing/Industry
1) Medium Cost Housing
2) High Cost Housing
3) Rural Urban Fringe
Housing Suburbs
Medium Cost
Housing
Inner City
CBD
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CBD
Characteristics of the CBD
• The center of the settlement.
• Most accessible part of the city > Most expensive part of
the city – HIGH BID RENT PRICE.
• High Rise Buildings, MAKING MOST OF THE SPACE.
• High Order Shops, Offices, Financial Institutions,
Universities, Entertainment, Public Admin, Art and cultural
centers, Hotels.
• Focus of transport routes. rail, road and boat.
Pedestrianized Streets
• Grid Iron Street Patterns, Old and new building combined.
• Named examples, Buchanan Street, Buchanan Galleries,
Hilton Hotel, UGC Cinema, Glasgow City Chambers, Central
Station, M8, Buchanan Bus Station….
Inner City
Characteristics of the Inner City
• Normally located next to the CBD.
• Industrial Features such as flat land, accessibility – roads,
rail, canals, motorways.
• Large buildings, warehouses, usually with wks, beside it.
• Old housing – TENEMENTS – used to house the workers in
the past > low car ownership had to walk to work.
• Densely populated, no open space, congested, polluted.
• Named examples, Govan, Partick, Yoker, Whitinch.
• In Glasgow this zone stretches linear along the Clyde. Not
the same in all cities.
• Could mention Clydebank.
Medium Cost Housing
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Moving away from the CBD.
Better quality housing.
Less densely populated.
Better layout of street pattern. Crescents and
Cul-de-Sacs.
• More open space and gardens.
• Less traffic, less pollution.
• Named examples Kelvinside, Kelvindale, Anniesland,
Knightswood.
High Cost Housing SUBURBS
• Cost of travel in reduced and car ownership
increases > people move further away from city
center.
• Low density, High cost housing.
• Bungalows and detached housing.
• Large gardens, schools, open space, modern street
patterns, small shopping centers.
• Named examples Bearsden, Milngavie,
Bishopbriggs, Kirkintilloch.
Rural Urban Fringe
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New Housing and new Industry.
Out of town shopping centres
Expanding suburbs.
Protected by the green belt.
New Development - Braehead
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New Development – Braehead
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New Development - Braehead
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