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City from Centre to Edge

A city often has tall buildings packed near the middle. Around them, buildings get lower and then open land turns into new homes.

In the picture

  1. Central tower cluster: very tall buildings packed close together.
  2. Mid-rise blocks: shorter apartment buildings around the towers.
  3. Low houses and streets: rows of small houses with roads between them.
  4. Field with new houses: open land where new homes are being built.

Examples

  • A bus route that starts near the city centre and ends among low suburban houses.
  • A map view zoomed out from the downtown towers to the fields at the city edge.

Quiz: City from Centre to Edge (Age 13)

  1. In a city, where are buildings usually taller and closer together?

    • In the surrounding countryside
    • At the newest outer edge
    • Near the city centre
  2. What usually happens to buildings as you move outward from a city centre?

    • They get taller and more tightly packed
    • They stay exactly the same height and spacing
    • They get lower, and open land can become new homes
  3. Where can new housing spread according to the card?

    • Inward into the central tower cluster
    • Outward into nearby countryside
    • Only along streets between low houses

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Geography, Age 13