Introduction Task 3

Look at the Assessment criteria – strand … ‘Applied Understanding’
Level 1 …. Locates the study area in a basic manner and through brief description demonstrates some understanding of the ideas and concepts involved and can apply them in a simple manner
Uses a limited range of geographical terminology

Level 3 … locates the study area in detail, and through description and explanation, using a wide range of geographical terms, demonstrates a thorough understanding of the ideas, concepts and processes involved and can apply them constructively to the geographical topic.
Uses a wide range of terminology

3.1 Scene Setter
Explain what a Central Business District is.
In which part of a city is the CBD found? – link to both Burgess and Hoyt models of urban growth - include diagrams - but remember that you are focusing on the CBD, not urban models as such
Why is the CBD found in this part of the city?
What are the typical land use features or characteristics? – give reasons to explain the characteristics (refer to types of shops, heights of buildings, land values, function, clustering of uses, zoning etc)

3.2 Include a well annotated aerial photograph