Urban Zones

Cities are often divided into different zones. Each zone has distinctive characteristics and land use.

You should be able to;

● Identify and describe the key urban zones in both MEDC cities and LEDC cities

● Link these urban zones to land use models● Map the urban zones in Bratislava and compare

Bratislava to the land use models● Compare and contrast Bratislava’s urban land

use zones with Rio’s

The Central Business District (CBD)

Bratislava CBD

Inner City Housing (UK)

Inner city housing – Bratislava Nove Mesto

Bratislava inner city housing – Petrzalka

Inner City Industry

Suburban Housing

Suburban housing – Lamac Bratislava

Rural Urban Fringe

MEDC Urban Land Use Model

KeyA The Central Business District.B The Zone of Transition.C Inner city.D Suburbs.E Urban rural fringe

Geog. GCSE page 179

Burgess concentric zone model.

Identify similarities and differences with Bratislava’s urban morphology

And More….

Bratislava – Does it fit?

Bratislava Urban Zones

LEDC city land use model Rio de Janeiro

Does Rio de Janeiro fit the

model?

Geog. GCSE page 186

Identify similarities and differences with the classic LEDC city model and Rio de Janeiro’s urban morphology

Rio Urban Zones