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1. Urban land use

   • CBD
     • Largest offices and shops
     • High land values, rents and rates (tall buildings)
     • Most accessible location- roads lead to CBD
     • Main place of work- leads to traffic congestion
   • Inner city
     • Old high-density terraced houses.
     • Old (sometimes abandoned) factories and warehouses
     • Areas of derelict land
     • High rise flats
     • Pockets of smart new development
     • Roads in grid-iron pattern
   • Suburbs
     • Irregular road pattern
     • Modern detached/semi-detached housing
     • Houses have driveways, garages and gardens
     • More space
   • Rural-urban fringe
     • Lots of space
     • Bigger houses
     • No main roads
     • Surrounded by fields
     • Small in size

2. Housing

   • Uk housing problems
     • Ageing population
     • Not enough homes being built to match population
     • Social changes- people living alone and couples divorcing
   • Brownfield and greenfield sites
     • Government policy is now to use browned sites
       • Saves the countryside
     • Brownfield site
       • Land that has previously been built on
         • Old factories and warehouses
     • Greenfield site
       • Land that hasn't been built on before
         • fields in the countryside

3. Stockton

   • Inner city (TDC)
     • Projects
       • Teesside park
         • Out of town shopping centre
       • Tees barrage
       • Teesdale
         • £500 million
         • Heavy engineering
       • Riverside staduim
       • Housing
         • 1300 housing units built
     • 1:8 ratio
       • government spending: private investment
     • Used government money
       • Make derelict land attractive to investors
       • Bring wealth and jobs to the area
   • CBD
     • Problems
       • Congestion along A66 narrow inner city roads
       • Competition from teesside park
       • Prone to vandalism
       • Pollution and litter along high street
       • Town centre taken over by charity shops
         • don't pay business rates
     • Solutions
       • Bus lanes along mandale triangle
       • wellington square
         • £43 million
         • Big brands
         • Bring shoppers into stockton
       • More litter bins
       • CCTV
       • Regeneration
         • £20 milllion
         • 5 year