Urban Zones and Solutions for Modern City Problems

Different Urban Zones and Their Characteristics

Which different zones or...:

• Historic center: Town council, cathedral, churches, palaces, main square, etc., are usually located there. They are very beautiful.
• Urban expansion area: They have straight, wide, and tree-lined avenues, houses, shops, bank branches, intense traffic, etc.
• Central Business District: There are great skyscrapers belonging to big multinational companies or banks.
• Industrial areas: They are urbanized spaces in the outskirts designed for industrial premises, warehouses, logistic centers, etc.
• Poor or outlying areas: They are located in the outskirts. Some of these are made up of shacks.

Which different zones or...:

• Historic center: Town council, cathedral, churches, palaces, main square, etc., are usually located there. They are very beautiful.
• Urban expansion area: They have straight, wide, and tree-lined avenues, houses, shops, bank branches, intense traffic, etc.
• Central Business District: There are great skyscrapers belonging to big multinational companies or banks.
• Industrial areas: They are urbanized spaces in the outskirts designed for industrial premises, warehouses, logistic centers, etc.
• Poor or outlying areas: They are located in the outskirts. Some of these are made up of shacks.

The Diffused City and Technology Parks

What is the diffused city? Which buildings...: It is the space where city and countryside join. In this space, urban and rural elements mix. These elements are: roads, industrial areas, developments, farms, fields, pieces of open grounds, scrapyards, etc.

In some cities they have built... What are the technology parks? They are industrial areas set aside for advanced technology companies and research laboratories. These parks are usually very well urbanized and with careful green spaces.

Modern Shopping and Leisure Centers

In these last decades... Which are their features and functions? They are great shopping centers with big and little shops (many of them are franchise shops); besides, there are leisure centers like bars, coffee shops, restaurants, cinemas, attractions for children, etc. Sometimes families or groups of friends spend their leisure time in these malls.

Urban Problems and Proposed Solutions

6. Complete the outline about the urban problems...:

• Traffic jams: To build ring roads, to promote the use of public means of transport, and to promote the use of bicycles by building cycle lanes.
• Atmospheric pollution: To restrict the use of private vehicles, to make rules to force factories and houses to reduce the emission of polluting gases, and to promote the use of pollution-free sources of energy.
• Noise pollution: To make rules to force factories, houses, and public premises to reduce the emission of noise, and to put soundproofing in houses.

...6:

• Crime: To increase the number of policemen, public prosecutors, and judges, to harden laws, to make plans to prevent crime, and to rehabilitate criminals into society.
• High price of housing: Public help for poor people to buy decent houses, to liberalize or relax restrictions on ground to build houses, and to make access to lending for buying houses easier.