Internal City StructureLand Uses within Cities

Internal City StructureLand Uses within Cities

Classify into private and public land owners

1) Commercial: retail stores, warehouses, malls, offices

2) Industrial: heavy and dirty, light and clean

3) Residential: houses, apartments, detached, attached

4) Transportation: streets, highways, railroads, ports, airports

5) Governmental: courthouses, jails, schools, colleges

6) Open space: parks, waste lands

Internal City StructureUrban Land Use Theory

In a capitalist economy, competition between private land owners assures that the highest price will result in the “highest and best” land use

Land prices and, consequently, land uses reflect accessibility – how every parcel of land is theoretically related to all other parcels

• the more accessible,

the higher prices and uses of land

• the less accessible,

the lower prices and uses of land

Internal City StructureTransportation Modes

Internal City StructureLand Uses within Cities by Eras: Land Use Curve and Spatial

Pattern

R1 = foot travel -- circular, equal distance from the CBDR2 = street cars -- star shaped along street car tracksR3 = recreational autos -- circular, filling in areas close to the CBD but away

from street car linesR4 = freeway cars -- star-like, along inter and intra state highways

Transportation modes only reflect private decisions and governmental policies, not determine land use patterns.

Transportation modes only reflect private decisions and governmental policies, not determine land use patterns.

Internal City StructureThree Land Use Models: Concentric Model

Internal City StructureThree Land Use Models: Sector Model

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Blacks

Internal City StructureThree Land Use Models: Multi-Nuclei Model

Rural Land Use ModelVon Thünen (1783-1850):

1842 model

Rural Land Use Model

Rural & Urban Land Uses

Rural & Urban Use Model

Urban Shadow Land Use Model

Source: M. J. Troughton, Landholding in a Rural-Urban Fringe Environment: The Case of London, Ontario.

Urban Shadow Land Use Model

Source: M. J. Troughton, Landholding in a Rural-Urban Fringe Environment: The case of London, Ontario.

full-time

part-time

hobby

non-resident

Urban Shadow Land Use Model

urban shadow