Urban Land use from the Human Elective for the Irish Leaving Cert. Contains some past exam questions. Deals with the Harp Project and urban issues in Dublin and Paris

1. Urban Land Use

2.  Name and identify different land use zones and patterns in
urban areas
 Name and describe the three main models of urban land use
(Burgess, Hoyt and Harris-Ullmann)
 Explain and describe changes in urban land use
 Describe the variation in land values and society in urban
areas

3. Residential
Industrial
Commercial
Educational
Public Buildings
Open Spaces
Transport
Services
Zone of Transition – the
edge of the Central Business
District where land use is
constantly changing as the
CBD grows

5. • Devised in the 1920s
• Works well in a
generalised sense – the
further you go from the
CBD, the higher the income
and the lower the
population density
• Social stratification – rich
and poor live completely
seperately
• Problems?

6. • Builds on Burgess’s work
• Main difference is the concept of
wedges – Hoyt believed land use
changes around transport routes
(e.g. houses along a major road
for easy access)
• Problems?

7. • Shows how some uses attract
each other (e.g. High income
residential and high spend retail,
south side Dublin) and others
repel (shopping and industry)
• Reflects modern city
development and car use
• Allows for change in land use
over time

8. 2008 Ordinary Level Exam

9. Gentrification – renovating old urban
neighbourhoods to make them attractive places to
live.
Benefits?
Drawbacks?

10. Historic
Area
Rejuvenation
Project

11. 1990’s inner city
Dublin…
• High unemployment
• Derelict land and
buildings
• Rundown buildings
• Closed businesses
• Crime

12. Smithfield & Historic Area Rejuvenation Project (HARP)
The aim of the Historic Area Rejuvenation Project
(HARP) is to enhance the quality of life for
residents, business and visitors around the
Smithfield and Henry Street areas of Dublin.
This project was started in 1996.

13. Objectives of HARP
• To create a better quality of life for all residents and workers in
the area
• To create business and residential areas
• To increase investment in housing and businesses
• To create a mixture of house ownership
• To improve the image of the area and attract new investment
• To create recreational spaces for all

14. Results of HARP so far….
Special tax-incentive scheme has attracted many commercial,
residential and mixed-use developments.
Revitalised community spirit among all residents.
Drawbacks?

15. The Harp Project

16. What is your plan for this question from the
2014 Higher Paper?

17. Paris – a Primate City

18. The price of land in a city is based on how
much money can be earned from that site.
The price people are prepared to pay for a
site is called Bid Rent.

19. Land values increase
towards the city centre
because the demand is
greater.
……..Grafton Street has consolidated its status as one of the most
expensive streets on the planet.
This week, global property consultancy Collier's International
reported it as the sixth dearest for commercial rents -- putting it
ahead of such notoriously pricey cities as Hong Kong and Tokyo.
And despite a downturn in the economy, rents are set to increase
even further. It was reported earlier this year that Bewley's Café is
facing a rent rise of 93pc from €750,000 to almost €1,475,000 a year,
while McDonald's is facing a staggered increase of 120pc -- from
€520,000 to more than €1.1 million.

20. Strata = layers…..
Layers of society or grouping of people
People of the same education or
economic background tend to live
in the same part of the city.

21. Northside Dublin Southside Dublin
Social Stratification in Dublin