Settlement Geography: Urban structure and patterns 1

Urban structure and patterns- Internal structure and patterns of urban settlements Lesson content * Street patterns - Grid iron, radial, irregular * Land-use zones * Urban land-use zones - Commercial, CBD, residential (high, low and middle income), industrial (light and heavy), zone of decay/transition, green belt, rural-urban fringe, * Factors influencing morphological structure of a city - Planning, etc. * Urban profiles - Concept of urban profile - Reasons for shape of urban profile