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geography
parts of a city
Term | Definition |
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CBD (central business district) | Its usually found right in the centre of a city. It has all the shops and offices and its where transport routes meet. Buildings are tall and buildings density is very high. Very few people live here. |
The Suburbs | These are housing areas found towards the edge of the city. Land here is cheaper, and is still close enough to travel into the centre for work quite easily. Middle-class families tend to live here because theres less crime and pollution. |
The Inner City | This is the part around the centre (CBD). It has a mix of poorer quality housing and older industrial buildings. It can be run down and deprived but theres also newer buildings derelict land has been redeveloped. |
The Rural-Urban Fringe | This is the part right at the edge of a city, where there are both urban land uses e.g. factories and rural land uses e.g. farming. Here you tend to find fewer, larger houses. |