Settlement Study of Tervuren

Settlement Study of Tervuren

For my GCSE coursework I did a settlement study of the town of

Tervuren, in Brussels. Six kilometers southeast of Brussels, the small

town of Tervuren is one of the prettiest (and greenest) places in the

region. Tervuren is situated in the center of the Brabant region,

midway between Brussels and Leuven (as can be seen in the location map

figure 1). Bordered in the south by the beautiful Forêt de Soignes,

dotted with grand old houses, and surrounded by lush woodland, it is

no surprise the area is a popular place to live, particularly with

British and Irish Eurocrats, although strangely enough it remains

firmly off the tourist track.

Connected to the city by the ten-kilometer-long avenue de Tervuren, a

route most easily covered by tram #44 from Métro Montgomery, its

centrepiece is the impressive Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale

situated in the Parc de Tervuren - an attractive park of ancient

trees, manicured lawns, lakes and flower-beds. Tervuren is a commuter

town, mainly inhabited by expatriates who have come to work in Belgium.

Tervuren functions as a market town.

The purpose of this study is to conduct an investigation about the CBD

structure of a settlement area. I chose to study Tervuren because it

is located in the green belt of the capital Brussels. It is also not a

very big town so it would be easier to get more accurate results.

Hypotheses:

1. The town centre has a distinct CBD, identified by the ground floor

land-uses of each building.

2. The Street Quality Index (SQI) will be higher in the CBD than in

the surrounding housing areas.

3. The CBD will have higher pedestrian counts than the roads around

the CBD.

4. The CBD will have higher vehicle flows than the roads around the

CBD.

Figure 1

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Hypotheses

1. The town centre has a distinct CBD, identified by the ground floor