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City Spaces: Urban Structure
City Spaces: Urban Structure
Secondary -
Tertiary -
Quaternary – new …
Quinary – new …
Urban – city characteristics, high density, land uses like
residential, industrial, institutional, commercial,
transportational and open space
In the past people that lived in a rural setting usually took care
of everything themselves. Food, shelter, clothing etc.
In today’s urban environment SERVICES and JOBS are
extremely important since the urban dweller depends on them
for survival. The first urban person was someone who did a
service for someone in exchange for FOOD.
USA
Services in Rural Settlements:
Clustered – …
Dispersed – …
The above minimizes the distance your van must travel to deliver to all
potential customers. It corresponds to the median, which
mathematically is the middle point in any series of observations.
Pi P j
I - Interaction between
two places i and j
I ij k
P - Population of i and j
d - Distance between i
d
and j.
World Cities – …
Regional Centers – …
Specialized Centers – …
Basic Industry: …
Non-Basic Industry: …
Give examples!
In all of the cities we have mentioned in history they all had
a central area of importance – the Acropolis, the Forum.
•Visually distinctive – …
•Usually oldest part of city - North American cities vs.
European cities
•Very compact
•Most accessible – …
•Highest land value – …
•Highest daytime population density – …
•Multi-functional – …
•Reflects health of city – …
•Geographical center of city (in North America) – …
•Highest Threshold…
•Highest Range…
•Growth to the west (assimilation) not to the east (discard)
(due to Westerlies in North America) – …
•Had manufacturing just outside of CBD – …
•Poor and renters outside CBD as well – …
•In the U.S.A. highest crime rate – …
The C.B.D.
Is Downtown the CBD?
The vocabulary list for Services is combined with the lists for
Development, Industry and some from Urban.
The End