Question

Write short note.

Urban land use

Answer 1

Land use in urban areas is as follows:

1. Residential areas: Any of those lands which man uses for his dwelling, where he builds up and carries out construction.

2. Industrial areas: The land, where any of the manufacturing activity exists, where people work for their livelihood.

3. Institutional areas: The space over which the educational centres, universities, insurance offices, cantonments and similar institutions exist.

4. Recreational areas: The place where people visit to seek entertainment like parks, playgrounds, open or close theatres, etc.

5. Transportation: The space used for moving around by man. Airports, railway stations, roads, railways, harbours, etc.

6. Commercial areas: Business centres where selling of finished products is carried out for day-to-day usage in urban areas. These areas are intermixed with residential areas. At few places, commercial areas can aggregate to form definite clusters, especially at the core i.e. Central Business District (CBD).

7. Plot layouts: Vacant lands mostly developed for construction of buildings. These are usually located on the periphery of urban areas. These lands encroach the agricultural land due to the pressure of the increasing population.

8. Mixed land use: Area where various types of land uses exist together. These may include residential, commercial and industrial land use in an integrated manner. In such areas, one can find houses, businesses, shops, schools, clinics and open spaces at one place itself.