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GCSE Geography · key term
The older urban area around a city’s central business district, often containing a mixture of housing and former industrial land.
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Specification 4.3, 4.6 · Paper 2
The generally older urban area outside the central business district, often containing housing and former industrial land.
Revise: UK City Case Study: ContextA simple model places a CBD in the centre, surrounded by the inner city, suburbs and an urban–rural fringe. This is useful for organising observations, but London does not form four perfectly uniform rings.
Paper 1, Paper 2
The area around a city's central core, often containing older housing and former industrial land.
Revise: Context and structureA useful starting model has four zones: the CBD, inner city, suburbs and urban-rural fringe. It is a way of organising observations, not an exact map of Mumbai.
The area surrounding a city’s central commercial district, often containing older housing and former industrial land.
Use London examples, but qualify general patterns: redevelopment means that newer buildings can also be found in the CBD and inner city.
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