Images of Urban Land Use Zones
Val Vannet 2004
Features of Urban Land Use Zones
• The images in this presentation
‘happen’ to be of DUNDEE
• They show land use along a transect
from the CBD to the rural urban fringe
• Remember that what they show will
also be ‘happening’ in a city near YOU!
A transect through the city
RURAL URBAN FRINGE
OUTER CITY
INNER CITY
CBD
Aerial views
Outer city
Inner city
Inner city
CBD
Inner city
The Central Business District (CBD)
civic buildings
A mix of old and new
shops
pedestrian zones
More features of the CBD…
offices
banks
museum and art galleries
The ‘Twilight’ Zone… some features
19th century housing
nearby
edge of the CBD
car parks on
‘cheaper ‘ land
vacant land awaiting development
…also called the Zone in Transition
• where CBD ‘gives way’ to
inner city
• there is a mix of land uses
Some redevelopment
Inner ring road
• land values are cheaper
than in the CBD
• marks the limit of the preindustrial city
bars/restaurants
A few shops
The Inner City (1) : Industry
In the 19th century more than
half of Dundee’s working
population worked in the jute
industry
derelict jute mills
The industry declined
through the 20th century
and there are no jute mills
in operation today
The Inner City (2) : Housing
19th century tenements still
occupied in 1970
1970!
Many derelict and awaiting
demolition in 2004
or ………..
2004
Redevelopment
1960s style
inner city factories and houses
were demolished and replaced
with modern housing
High rise in the 1960s
but low rise in the late
20th century
1990s style
Other features of the Inner City
Victorian parks
Main road shopping
‘Refurbished’ tenements
At the edge of the Inner City……
Middle and upper class late
Victorian housing
These houses were in the
suburbs of Dundee in 1900
Today they are well within
the city boundary
Beyond them lies the outer
city of the 20th century
Inner City gives way to Outer City
• After WW1 the city began to
grow outwards at a faster rate
• This was due to developments
such as local authority housing,
the emergence of building
societies and improved public
and private transport
Inter-war Local Authority
housing
Inter-war owner
occupied housing
The ‘Outer’ Ring Road … 1930!
Dundee’s ‘outer’ ring road was
built in 1930. Find it on the map.
When it was built, it was lined
with fields.
Since WW2, Dundee has
continued to expand well to the
north of the outer ring.
Land Use on the Outer Ring Road
Why would these land
uses locate on the outer
ring road ?
‘Beano’ and ‘Dandy’
produced here!
Outer City Housing : Council Estates
peripheral housing estates
Built by the local authority in the late 20th century
often to re-house people from the inner city
Outer City Housing : Private Estates
Low density private
housing on the
edge of the city
1970s
2003
Large houses with modern
amenities, spacious gardens
and off street parking/garages
Outer City Industry : Industrial Estates
Edge-of-city location
Modern, single-storey factories
Easy access
• large areas of
cheap land
• room to expand
• near to main
Landscaped surroundings
roads
The Rural Urban Fringe (1)
city gives way to the countryside
Agriculture ‘competes’
with a wide range of land
uses mainly serving the
nearby city….
or does countryside give way to the city?
sports clubs
garden centres
The Rural Urban Fringe (2)
new housing
recreation
new golf courses!
Now Your Turn… Which Urban Zone (1)?
CBD
Which Urban Zone (2)?
Outer City
Housing
Private and
Council estates
Which Urban Zone (3)?
Inner City Industry
Which Urban Zone (4)?
Inner city
housing
Inner city
redevelopment
Which Urban Zone (5)?
Outer city
industrial
estate
Urban Land Use Zones
• Almost every city in Britain has a
similar range of urban land use zones
• Check them out in a city near YOU!