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Urban Land Uses - The CBD of Glasgow
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Urban Land Uses
The Central Business District
Photos from Gorgeous Geography and Geograph
What shapes a City?
Centripetal Forces Centrifugal Forces
Sort the following…
Maximum accessibility
Lack of space
Clustering of certain functions
Increasing bid rent
Congestion
Prestige of central address
Maximum potentialthreshold population
Proximity of residence to range of entertainments
Restrictions on city centre developments
What do the images tell you about the CBD of Glasgow?
Features of the CBD 1
• Highest Land Values- Intensive competition for space• Centre of routes• Multi Storey buildings• Lack of Space, high road and building density• Commercial and Financial Land Uses ( High Profit)• Large Department Stores – John Lewis, Debenhams, Marks for
large sales turnover• Specialist shops e.g. Argyll arcade for Jewellery• Offices-Banks, Solicitors etc (western CBD of Glasgow for
Finiancial services)• Transport termini – Buchanan Street Bus Station, Central, Queen
St• High Traffic and Pedestrian Flow, especially at rush hour• Historic Core- Old buildings, tourist attractions e.g. Cathedral
Features of the CBD 2
• Variety of Retailers (optimum population)• Entertainment – Cinemas (UGC), Theatres,
Nightclubs• Low Residential Population because of high
land values• Pollution• Traffic Congestion• Grid Street Pattern
Problems of the CBD- Glasgow
• Traffic congestion at bridging points, central areas (grid pattern)
• Poor air quality- fumes from high traffic volume• Pedestrian Congestion• Competition from out of town services• Preservation v Modernisation (Historic Core)• Noise• Crime
CBD solutions
• Decentralisation of functions e.g Greenfield and brownfield sites• Braehead as an alternative shopping venue?• However, CBD loses out, so…• Pedestrianisation- Change the shopping environment, reduce congestion
and air pollution• Bus, Cycle lanes, Park and Ride, Double yellows• M74 extension• Improvement of underground services (Commonwealth?)• Covered Shopping Malls – Buchanan Galleries, St Enoch• Develop Tourism ( Short stay breaks, Hotel facilities built, boom in
restaurant numbers e.g Merchant City)• Associated Conservation of historic buildings• Change in function? – Merchant City housing
How can we tell the position of the CBD on an O.S. map?