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City centre and city edge
Age 13 · Geography
In a growing city, the middle is packed with tall buildings, while houses become lower and more spread out farther from the centre. New streets and homes push into fields at the outer edge.
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In the picture
- Tall glass towers packed in the city centre
- Mid-rise apartment blocks in a ring around the towers
- Detached houses with lawns along wide roads
- New houses under construction on green fields
- A highway with cars running from centre to edge
Examples
- A downtown skyscraper district compared with quiet streets of houses on the outskirts.
- A new housing area built where there used to be farmland.
Key takeaways
- City centres usually have the tallest buildings and the highest density.
- As you move outward, buildings tend to get lower and land uses spread over more area.
Quiz: City centre and city edge (Age 13)
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In a city, what is usually true about buildings in the centre compared with those farther out?
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What generally happens to buildings as you move outward from a city centre?
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What is happening at the outer edge of a growing city?
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