Urban form is the physical characteristics that make up a city, including its size and shape, population density and how the city is arranged (e.g. land-use patterns).
Can you name any land-use patterns?
Urban forms
Why would cities have been initially established in certain areas?
Urban forms
Why would cities have been initially established in certain areas?
Natural resources
Water supplies
Fertile soil
Good Defensive Positions
Which are the characteristics of megacities and world cities? Research and create a mind map / spider diagram / table
Task 1
Urban cities change due to human and physical factors…
Task:
Sort the factors into a table: human and physical.
Stretch and challenge:
Explain which factors you think are most influential over the urban form of a city.
Task 2
Land use patterns in the developed vs developing world
Task:
Explain the differences and similarities between land use patterns in developed and developing countries.
Stretch and challenge:
Describe the levels of wealth around the CBD in both the developed and developing world.
Post-modernism is a late twentieth century approach in art, architecture, and literature which typically mixes styles, ideas, and references to modern society, often in an ironic way.
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Learning outcomes:
To be able to:
Where are we on our specification?
