Kaashif Iqbal

Geography GCSE coursework

Urban land use in Slough

By Kaashif Iqbal

                                                                     

Geography GCSE

Introduction

In this project I will be investigating the different land use patterns in Slough and I will also try to find out which of the urban land use models are likely to fit Sloughs land use pattern.

                                                                               Slough

Slough is found in southeast of

England. Slough is located west of

London, which is the biggest city in

England. It is found in a county

called Berkshire. The river Thames

Passes through Slough and

Slough located near the M4, M25

and the M40. Slough is also located

near Heathrow airport, which is

one of the busiest airports in the

world. Slough is famous for having

one of the biggest trading estates in

Europe.

 

The study of Slough is relevant to my geography GCSE it will provide information on the different land uses in Slough and it also can help me with my coursework, because my coursework is based on the land use of Slough. This could also help me in my exam because a few questions might come up in the exam about urban land use.

Hypothesis

The land use in Slough will be similar to Burgess’s concentric circles model of urban land use.

Burgess’s concentric circles model

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The concentric circles model shows that most of the land will be residential. Earnest Burgess developed the model in 1924 and it was based on a study of Chicago city. In the model it showed that the land values increased outward from the CBD. Burgess said that the CBD was the most accessible place in the city. It shows that the factories are built near the lower class housing, so the workers can live near their working places, which would save the costs of commuting for the people with lower wages. He suggested that the lower class housing was occupied mostly by immigrants and households with low socio-economic status .The industrial zone and the lower class housing are known as the inner city, which is also known as the twilight zone or the zone of transition. The middle class housing and the higher class housing are known as the suburbs.

The Hoyt sector model

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The Hoyt sector model was made in 1939.The Hoyt model also shows that most of the land will be residential. The model was based on a study of 142 American cities. In the Hoyt model the land is split up into different sections. Most of the housing seems to be middle class. The factories are based along roads, rivers, railroads, seaports and canals. The lower class housing is located quite close to the industry to save the costs of commuting for people with lower wages.

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The multiple nuclei model

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Chauncy Harris and Edward Ullman proposed the theory for the multiple nuclei model in 1945, but the model was developed approximately 30 years after the concentric and sector models, which were made in the 1920s and the 1930s. They thought that many cities did not fit the traditional concentric zone or sector models, so they proposed their theory. The model suggests that a city may have more than one nuclei/centre apart from the CBD. This model has some similarities to the sector model and ...

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