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Describe and explain how land use changes as you move out from the CBD towards the rural urban fringe in an MEDC city

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  • In the CBD, there is the city centre and this is where shops, leisure and entertainment are located.
  • Housing is very expensive and consists of apartment blocks.
  • These are highly sought after and attract professionals who work close by and earn high wages
2
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What is the next zone (after CBD)?

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  • Moving out is the inner city area which consists of a lot of manufacturing industries, however much of this has now closed down.
  • Before it had closed down, it provided cheap terraced houses which were small though with little or no green spaces
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What have inner cities become?

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More popular, especially with young adults.

  • The reason for this is they are close to office workplaces and the facilities of the city centre
  • Recently they have been smartened up and re-developed
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How does urbanisation differ between richer and poorer countries? (1)

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  • Happened in late 18th and 19th centuries during the industrial revoultion in richer countries
  • Industrial revolution is when factories were first built
  • People moved from living in the countryside to find jobs in the newly opened factories
5
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How does urbanisation differ between richer and poorer countries? (2)

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  • Urbanisation began in the LEDCs in 1950s

- The rate of urbanisation happened much faster in richer countries