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!

CBD

OUTER CITY

INNER CITY

A transect through the city

RURAL URBAN FRINGE

Aerial views

CBDInner city

Inner city

Rural urban fringeOuter city

Inner city

The Central Business District (CBD)

A mix of old and new

civic buildings

pedestrian zones

shops

More features of the CBD…

offices

museum and art galleries

banks

The ‘Twilight’ Zone… some features

vacant land awaiting development

edge of the CBD

car parks on ‘cheaper ‘ land

19th century housing nearby

…also called the Zone in Transition

Inner ring road

• where CBD ‘gives way’ to

inner city

• there is a mix of land uses

• land values are cheaper

than in the CBD

• marks the limit of the pre-

industrial city

Some redevelopment

A few shops bars/restaurants

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

1970!

2004

19th century tenements still occupied in 1970

Many derelict and awaiting demolition in 2004

or ………..

Redevelopment

1960s style

1990s 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

Other features of the Inner City

Main road shopping

Victorian parks

‘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

‘Beano’ and ‘Dandy’ produced here!

Why would these land uses locate on the outer

ring road ?

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

Modern, single-storey factories

Edge-of-city location

Easy access

Landscaped surroundings

• large areas of

cheap land

• room to expand

• near to main

roads

The Rural Urban Fringe (1)

city gives way to the countryside

or does countryside give way to the city?

Agriculture ‘competes’ with a wide range of land uses mainly serving the nearby city….

garden centressports clubs

The Rural Urban Fringe (2)

new housing

new golf courses!

recreation

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!