different urban forms

• give an example of a pre-industrial city?


  Bath
• give an example of a modern (industrial) city?

  Birmingham
• give an example of a PTO/MBC city?

  Detroit
• give an example of a post-industrial city?

  Milton Keynes
• give an example of an african city?

  Nairobi, Kenya
• give an example of a socialist city?

  Prague
• What is a reason for urban form of pre-industrial cities?

  largely unaffected by industrial developments
• What is a reason for urban form of modern/industrial cities?

  similar activities and similar people group together
• What is a reason for urban form of PTO/MBC cities?

  PTO development takes an integral approach towards planning
• What is a reason for urban form of post-industrial cities?

  urban mosaic- more chaotic and looser structure with many smaller zones
• What is a reason for urban form of african cities?

  many cities have grown from colonial settlements and have not experienced the industrialisation of US and European urban centres
• What is a reason for urban form of socialist cities?

  followed principle of a classless city
• give one functional zone found in a pre-industrial city?

  historic building such as churches likely dominating the centre
• give one functional zone found in a modern/industrial citty?

  Dominant CBD
• give one functional zone found in a post-industrial city?

  less dominant CBD

  multi-nodal structure
• give one functional zone found in a PTO cities?

  may develop along railway lines
• give one functional zone found in a MBC cities?

  development of city linked to major road networks
• give one functional zone found in an african city?

  dominant CBD llikely to be the political and cultural city
• give one functional zone found in a socialist city?

  homogenous blocks throughout the city