... although each town is unique, it may share certain characteristics with other towns. Therefore this allows us to put together a MODEL showing certain urban characteristics:- A simple urban model Logic behind the model: Ground floor land use: It makes sense that shops and offices will be central in a town, as it is the most accessible place and therefore the easiest place for them to attract customers to. Also they are going to be in the area in the middle as they are very rich services, and will be able to afford the high land prices in the centre. It also makes sense for Industry to be outside of the centre, because they will not be able to afford the plots in the centre as they need large plots of land, which would be too expensive and so they couldn't compete with the shops for that land. Also transport links would always be ...

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