Clasified in Notes of Geography of Secondary.
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The function of a town relates to its economic and social development. In some cases the original function is no longer applicable.
Market towns: collection and distribution centres for the sorrounding farming area. Today their functions will probably include the manufacturing and servicing of agricultural machinery and the processing of agricultural produce.
Mining towns: have grown due to the exploitation of a local fuel or mineral.
Manufacturing/industrial towns: have grown where raw materials are processed into manufactured goods.
Ports: include those on coasts, rivers, and lake. These have grown at points where goods are moved from land to water, or vice versa.
Route centres: located at the junction of several natural routes or at nodal points resulting from economic development.
Service towns: ahve grown to provide the needs of a local community. Services include shopping, recreation, education and health.
Cultural and religious settlements: attract people from many parts of the world, even if only temporarily, to live and study.
Administrative centres: may vary from smaller regional centres to capital cities.
Residencial towns: are those in which the majority of the inhabitants are either retired or work elsewhere.
Tourist resorts: are modern in origin. More are on coasts or in mountains.
New industrial area:Industrial estates and business parks built since 1970, close to main roads. They are located close to main roads so that there is easy access for goods and employees.
Outer suburbs: Modern housing. New houses and housing estates. New shopping centres. Parks and other open areas. The land around the edge of a settlement is much cheaper and there is enough space to build housing etates.
Inner suburbs: Housing 1920-1950. Larger hauses usually with gardens. Some parks. Some rows shops. Never houses built for the growing population. The land is cheaper the further away from the CBD you go, so houses were built with gardens.
Inner city: 19th century housing. Terraced houses for the factory workers. Some now replaced by high-rise flats. Small corner shops. Located just outside the CBD. Houses built near to the factories so that the workers could get to work easily.CBD (central business district) :
Large shops, offices, restaurants, cafes, cinemas, theatres, museums. This is usually the original site of the settlement. It is centrally located because the rest of the settlement has grown around it.Old industrial area:
along a river, canal or railway. Many old factories now closed. Area may look run down. They are located near to rivers, canals and railways because they needed to transport goods in and out of the city.| Did you this document helpful? | ||
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