RECAPTHE CORE OF THE CBD CONSISTS OF:

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What are the characteristics of the CBD?

CHARACTERISTICS DESCRIPTIONS

Intensive land use Multi-storied buildings: highest retail productivity per unit area, characteristics by higher order functions.

Extended vertical scale Growth mainly vertical.

Limited horizontal scale Greatest horizontal dimension seldom exceed walking scale.

Limited horizontal change Gradual horizontal change, with slums and undesirables limited to a few blocks.

Concentrated day time population

Location of highest concentration foot traffic; absence of permanent residential population.

Focus of mass transit Major mass transit interchange location for entire city.

Centre of specialised functions Extensive use of office space for executive and policy making functions: centre of specialised professional and business services.

Find images of the HK CBD that illustrates each of these characteristics. Locate each photograph on a map.

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What are the 4 core land uses in the FRAME?

Zone of Discard

A haven for the homeless and social dropouts and as an area for adult entertainment. Common functions include pawnshops, cheap bars, low-grade cafes, cheap movie houses, repair shops, gun shops and low quality consumer mechanise.

Find images of the HK FRAME that illustrates some of these characteristics. Locate each photograph on your map.

But it isn’t that simple…

Zone of Assimilation – areas into which the CBD (and its characteristics) is expanding. Process known as…

GENTRIFICATION

Find a suitable location(s) in HK that can be considered the Zone of Assimilation. Select an appropriate image and again add to your map.

This back-to-the-city trend is taking place that has spurred a revitalisation of once-dying urban cores (e.g. Detroit). It causes the recycling of buildings and streetscapes but in the process causes a rise in land values that push out existing residents from low-cost housing.

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1. Yau Tsim Mong2. Kowloon City3. Kwun Tong4. Wong Tai Sin5. Sham Shui Po6. Kwai Tsing7. Tsuen Wan8. Sha Tin9. Tai Po10. Yuen Long11. Tuen Mun12. Central and Western13. Wan Chai14. Eastern Island15. Southern Island16. Islands

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Why do these economic changes occur?

(a) Changing economic structureSome functions become obsolete e.g. __________________.Some functions require more space e.g. __________________.(b) Deteriorating conditions of buildingsMany 18th century buildings still stands in some cities. Some were given attention in terms of conservation efforts while others were only left to rot.(c) Outdated and inefficient street and utilities layoutStreet layout and utilities system (sewerage, power and water) not designed with the modern city in mind.Road development constrained by densely built-up area(d) Population shiftThere is reduced rate of rural migration due to an alternative growth poleCity will decline and deteriorate over time(e) Rising cost and competition from new usersEconomic expansion and the modernisation of the economy shift the economic focus from farms, mines and ports to other functions such as finance and banking.The emergence of high value, high turnover land users pushes out traditional occupants.(f) Increase in number of functionsAs more and more functions began to emerge, the CBD become too complex to be considered as a single entity. As a result, some form of fragmentation had to take place.