Services in the urban area
• Services include
shops, offices,
leisure, transport
and welfare.
Which is the odd one out?
How about these?
Types of goods
• Convenience goods – Goods which we
need everyday, such as food.
• Specialist goods – Goods which are more
expensive and we need less often, such as
clothes. Sometimes called comparison goods
because people ‘shop around’ and compare
before buying.
Complete the following table in
your books.
Convenience goods Specialist goods
Milk
T.V.
DVD’s
Bread
Coffee
Jewellery
Butter
IPod
Clothes
Jam
Going shopping
Shoppers have a choice
of where to shop. They
must decide where to go
to buy the good they
need.
But what are the
options?
Types of shopping area:
• CBD – city centre
• Suburban shopping streets and Corner
Shops
• Supermarkets
• Out of town shopping centres
What type of shopping place?
Out of town shopping centre
CBD
Corner shop and Suburban shopping street
supermarket
CBD A
Suburban
shopping
street B
Corner
shop C
Out of
town
shopping
centre D
Mix the type of shopping area with the
descriptions below
These often stretch along main roads
where parking is available. They offer
convenience and some specialist goods. 1
These offer high order specialist goods
without the difficulties of city centre
shopping such as traffic jams. 2
Has many shops selling specialist goods
and services. Very accessible with good
public transport and main roads. 3
Sell low order convenience goods such as
groceries and newspapers. People will not
travel far to buy them, most walk. 4
Thinking about shopping
• State in which photo A-D you are most
likely to… REMEMBER TO SAY WHY
• Have driven there by car?
• A – because it is located out of town with
few bus services, so it would be easier to go
there by car.