The document describes the different zones of a settlement from the center outward. It explains that the oldest buildings and main shops are located in the central business district near the historic town center. Further out are terraced houses and corner shops in the inner city, followed by larger homes, parks, and rows of shops in the inner suburbs. The outermost area discussed is the outer suburbs, which contains new houses, estates, shopping centers, and parks.
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0707 Settlement Change
2. L3 List the ways settlement change.
L4 Describe the changes
L5 Explain why these changes take place.
3.
Towns grow out
from the Centre. So
thats where the
oldest buildings are.
Also where the main
shops and offices
are.
Why might that be?
5.
Known as the
Central Business
District
Large shops and
offices.
Restaurants, Cafes,
museums, cinemas
and theatres.
6.
Terraced houses for
factory workers. Some
now replaced by flats.
Small corner shops.
This area is the
transition zone or
inner city.