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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!