The Urban-Rural Fringe

The Urban-Rural Fringe

IGCSE Geography

Lesson Objectives

IGCSE Geography

• Describe the effects of change in land use and rapid urban growth.

• Define the following:

  • Urban-rural Fringe​

  • Urban Sprawl​

  • Out-of-town shopping centres

  • Hypermarkets​

Prep Time for the

Bid Rent Activity

5 minutes to finalize the Guangzhou blank map.

If your group finished the work early, discuss with your ​groupmates patterns in the map: Does the map support or reject the Bid Rent Theory?

Open Ended

Discuss with your groupmates:

What patterns do you see about the prices of vacation rentals?

Does it follow the bid rent theory?

Only one person in the group should upload the answer. (Write your group number)

The boundary area of a town or city, where new building is changing land use from rural to urban. It is often a zone of planning conflict.

Urban-Rural Fringe

​Greenfield: an underdeveloped or agricultural tract of land that is a potential site for industrial or urban development.

Kinds of pressure on the rural-urban fringe

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Outward spread of built-up areas caused by their expansion. Unchecked urban sprawl may join cities into conurbations (suburbs).

Urban Sprawl

Construction of housing projects for middle income commuters who in the central urban area.

More housing

Expansion of manufacturing and/or economic areas into the countryside.

Industrial growth

Golf course and sports stadia

Recreational Areas

Creation of transportation hubs and more transportation options.

Transport

Agricultral Developments

​Supposed there is a 'greenfield' near the city, the the government plans to build something in it.

Pair - Think (5 minutes)

Look for a partner and discuss the "Issues in the urban fringe" on page 56. Using the positive and negative aspects of each land use: arrange land use types from the most important to the least important.

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Open Ended

From your pair discussion, which land use was the most important? Why?

Open Ended

From your pair discussion, which land use was the least important? Why?

The developed world experiences revolutions in terms of superstors, hypermarkets, and out-of-town shopping centres that are located in 'greenfield' with plenty of space for parking and future expansion.

Out-of-town Shopping Centres

More affluent households live outside the CBD

Suburbanisation

Some families own a deep-freezer to make food last longer

Technology

Higher standard of living and car ownership

Economy

Traffic Congestion

Inflated Land Prices

More working opportunities for women.

Social Changes

The initial out-of-town developments came in the last 1960s and early 1970s. Now more than 20 percent of shopping expenditure in developed countries takes place in out-of-town stores.

​Supposed there is a 'greenfield' near the city, and the government plans to convert it into an out-of-town shopping centre.

Pair - Think (5 minutes)

Look for a partner and discuss the "Advantages and Disadvantages of out-of-town shopping centres" on page 57. Decide: will you support the move or not?

IGCSE Geography

Open Ended

From your pair discussion, will you convert the place into a shopping centre? Why?

Create a Cartoon/3D map for Nansha

The map should include: CBD, Residential Zones, Industrial Areas, Open Spaces, Transport Routes, Urban-rural fringe areas.

Use the website: http://nansha.guangdong.chinadaily.com.cn/index.html