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Where are the different activities
located within settlements? |
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Use the
transect and photographs to answer the following question |
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TASK 1. You
will need to look at the 1996 transect either on the screen or by downloading a colour
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Look at these 4 sections of the transect |
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Section 1.From
Prestige cars to the Station |
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Section 2. From
the Station to Rishworth Street |
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Section 3. From
Rishworth Street to St. John’s North |
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Section 4. From
St. John’s North to Clayton Hospital |
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a). Write a
brief description of each section. Mention the main land uses and the change in height of
the buildings. |
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b). Can you
identify which section(s) is/are the C.B.D., the Inner City and the Inner Suburbs? |
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c). Can you see
a pattern in the land use as you move across Wakefield? |
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d). Investigate
why tall buildings are found in the center of many cities. |
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TASK
2. You
will need graph paper and a calculator. |
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a). Count up
how many buildings are in each category and draw up a table of results. |
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Here is an
example of how to proceed. |
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TABLE FROM THE TRANSECT -
SECTION 2. |
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KEY ON THE GRAPH |
LAND USE CATEGORY |
NUMBER OF BUIDINGS |
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1 |
HOUSING |
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COMPARISON
SHOPS |
25 |
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3 |
CONVENIENCE
SHOPS |
10 |
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4 |
COMMERCIAL SERVICES |
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5 |
NON COMMERCIAL SERVICES |
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6 |
LEISURE |
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7 |
OFFICES |
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ADMINISTRATION |
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9 |
INDUSTRY |
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10 |
VACANT |
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TOTAL
NUMBER OF BUILDINGS |
150 |
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b).Work out the percentage of land
use in each section in this way: |
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Number of convenience shops in this
section = 10 |
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Total number of buildings in this
section = 150 |
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Percentage land use taken up by
convenience shops |
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10 |
x 100 |
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6.6% |
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150 |
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Number of comparison shops in this
section = 25 |
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Total number of buildings in this
section = 150 |
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Percentage land use taken up by
comparison shops |
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25 |
x 100 |
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16.6% |
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150 |
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c). Now draw a graph to show the
percentage landuse for each section of the transect. |
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Can you compare what you have drawn
with figure above showing the generalised view of the land use zones along an urban
transect. |
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What similarities are there? |
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What differences are there? |
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Where are the different activities
located within Wakefield? |
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HOUSING IN A TOWN OR CITY |
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| HOUSE TYPE |
DESCRIPTION |
| TERRACED HOUSES |
When three or more houses are joined together in a row |
| SEMI DETACHED HOUSES |
When just two houses are joined together |
| DETACHED HOUSES |
One house standing alone |
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TASK3. |
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Draw a sketch of each photograph and
look in the table below to find the labels to add to your sketches. |
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| HOUSE TYPE |
LABELS TO USE |
LABELS TO WRITE FOR YOURSELVES |
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Small size No garages
Small front gardens
Back yards
Joined to other houses
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Look at the building materials in the photo. Is the roof of tiles or
slate?
Are the walls of stone or brick? |
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Medium size May have a garage added
Front and back gardens
Joined to one other house |
Add your own labels on building material. |
| DETACHED HOUSE |
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Large size Have attached garages
Front and back gardens
Stands on its own |
Put your own additional labels on. Have you noticed how building
materials change?
Can you think why? |
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EXTENSION IDEAS. |
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TASK A. Draw and label a detailed field
sketch of the front of your own houses. |
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Now try to answer these
questions. |
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old is your dwelling? |
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Can you tell its age from the style of building? |
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different materials have been used in its construction? |
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Are any of these building materials found locally? |
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What house type is your dwelling, a terraced house, semi-detached cottage, mobile home,
one of a block of flats or something else? |
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| 6.Where is your dwelling located: in the
C.B.D, the Inner City or part of the Suburbs? |
| 7.Are the dwellings near yours similar or
different in type,style and building material? |
| 8. The area surrounding your house is the environment
in which you live. It may be houses and gardens,streets of shops or fields and
countryside. What is the environment like around your dwelling? |
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TASK B. Investigate the link between the building materials used and the age
of the buildings. |
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E.g. Slate was first used on roofs in Victorian times because the railways
brought the slate from quarries in Wales. |
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DRAWINGS OF A VICTORIAN DETACHED HOUSE,EDWARDIAN
TERRACED HOUSES AND AN INTER-WAR SEMI DETACHED HOUSE. |
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FIELDWORK ENQUIRY. |
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HOW AND WHY IS LAND USE WITHIN SETTLEMENTS CHANGING? |
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For this task you will need to live in the
Wakefield area and you will also need to download a blank transect map from this web site. |
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A clip board will be useful and a pencil. |
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TASK 1. Follow the route of
the transect and re map the transect. |
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Use a letter code for each type of building. Your teacher may give you one to
use or you could devise your own. |
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E.g. CON for a Convenience shop
COMP for a Comparison shop |
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TASK 2. Back in the classroom take a new copy of the transect and colour it
in using the same colour code as the Wakefield transect for 1991. |
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TASK 3. Compare your transect with the 1991 transect. |
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What are the similarities? |
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What are the differences? |
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Look at this in a more scientific way by counting up the different numbers of
buildings in each category and drawing graphs as shown earlier on this web site. |
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How has the land use within Wakefield changed? |
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TASK 4. Can you explain why the landuse along the Wakefield transect has
changed? |
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