Investigating How Housing Differs Across Northampton

Investigating How Housing Differs Across Northampton

Text Box: Concentric Zone ModelThere are three different areas within

a city; CBD (Central Business District), Inner City and Outer City.

These different areas depict different types of residential,

industrial and commercial land use. For my GCSE coursework I am going

to investigate the different types of residential land use across the

city; once in the CBD, once in the inner city and once in the outer

city.

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Northamptonfrom the Prospective of the Concentric Zone Model

[IMAGE]Northampton is a large town situated in the East

Midlandsbetween London and Birmingham along the M1. It has a

population of approximately 180,000. It is a perfect example of what a

town should be laid out like; older buildings in the middle gradually

working out to newer ones on the outside. Most old industries in

Northampton focused on shoe production but nowadays due to

globalisation many of these businesses have moved away and Northampton

now plays host to a huge variety of businesses.

The CBD is home to many commercial businesses, residential areas and

shopping streets. The CBD in all towns is the first to be established

and therefore it contains many old buildings. Northampton is no

exception; it was built in the early middles Ages and is therefore

very packed. Many of the streets are very narrow, so narrow that some

won't accommodate two directions of traffic. The small size of the

streets however doesn't just apply to the streets but also to the

houses. There aren't many houses in the CBD but those that are are

very small and don't have any space around them.

The inner city is home to most of Northampton's old industry. Although

most of the factories are abandoned now, there is still evidence that

Northampton played a major role in the industrial revolution. There

are also many houses in the inner city. The inner city was built in

two phases; the first around the time of the industrial revolution,

late 19th century and the second during the 1950s after WWII.