UNIT 7 LESSON 4

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

Explain property values in relationship to the CBD.

CBD OR CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT: KEY AREA OF CITY MODEL

Central Business District: “In a city, the point with the greatest access to offices, banks, stores, and other activities. Most distinguishing feature and functions as a central marketplace, a major transportation node, and an administrative center, contains high-level services, and contains heavy pedestrian traffic” (Malinowski, 2014).

CBD: Sometimes also known as downtown. Contains less than 1% of the urban land area. Compact area (Rubeinstein, 2014).

CBD

We’re primarily talking about the CBD PRIOR to the 1970’s. Make sure when you discuss the CBD you are talking about time frames for some aspects. Pre-1970’s, 1970’s to 2000’s, and then present day

Key feature of CBD is transportationTransportation is centralized in this particular area Clustering of services may result in transportation being directed to that area

However, transportation draws in more businesses Transportation type will influence how the city has been laid out

CBD HAS THREE MAIN LAND USE PURPOSES

Public ServicesExamples: city hall, courts, county and state agencies, and libraries..

Centrally located for ease of accessibility to all residentsSports centers and conventions centers are often downtown to stimulate commerce in the CBD.

Business ServicesExamples: advertising agencies, banks, financial institutions, and law firms.

Proximity to other service providers for businesses promotes collaboration and face-to-face meetings.

CBD SERVICES CONTINUED…

Consumer ServicesHistorically, three types of retail services clustered in a CBD.Retailers with a high thresholdRetailers with a high rangeRetailers that served people who worked in the CBDChanging shopping habits and a shift of the more affluent to the suburbs have reduced the importance of retail services in the CBD.

LAND VALUES

Land is highly desired in the CBDGood transportationCentralized Services that support/work with/in government desire areaMeans that people who live in different areas can come to a central locationExecutives live in one neighborhood, junior executives in another area, custodial and support staff in others. Are able to access CBD.

CBD has a limited amount of space, so it drives the values up.

FIG. 11.13

Bid-Rent Value:Located in Getis, seems scary, but it’s actually not. Remember Von Thunen, same principles, land is more valuable towards the center (CBD)The cost of land influences who uses it. Businesses typically have more money than individuals

Transportation routes can also increase the value of

land.

Figure 14C.1Land Values in the City

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Urban Functions & Land Values

Competition for Land in the CBD–High demand for the limited space in the CBD has

encouraged vertical development.• Underground CBD– Inadequate space exists above ground for the needed dense network

of telephone, electric, and broadband cables, thus they are placed underground and out of sight.–Underground passages can segregate pedestrians from motor vehicles

and shield them from harsh winter weather.• Skyscrapers–Demand for space in CBDs has made high-rise structures economically

feasible.

LAND MODELS

You’ve seen the models; I’m not going to spend much time on them in class.

Understanding property values can give insight into the reasons why they are divided the way that they are.

Models help understand where people live & whySome models are about social interactions (Sector Model)Some models are economic (Sector Model)Some models are look at multiple centers, change CBD (Multiple Nuclei Model)

DIFFERENT COUNTRIES MAY HAVE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS

European Cities still have a very strong CBD, whereas in the U.S. they have declined post 1970 (about to talk about)European cities also do not tend to build “up” European cities do not sprawl as much as U.S.

Developing countries may have a layout similar to EuropeanHowever, large clusters of poor in squatter settlements at edges

CBD’S POST 1970’S

Pruitt-Igoe actually mentions that people start leaving the city Post World War IIGreater access to carsFederal government gives home loans (you can buy a home now and pay it off over time)

People want to live outside of the city for greater access to land

People want to live outside of the city to get away from “those people” quote from Pruitt-Igoe

Begins the process of an outward migration from the CBD and surrounding residential zones in the city

SUBURBS

Rise of suburbs takes tax base with it (Pruitt-Igoe)Rise of suburbs begins to move services/business outside of the CBD Nodes of business emerge, shopping malls, or edge cities This can cause a disconnect between low-skilled labor being able to access jobsLack transportation to get to the areas away from CBD, lower-income housing

Reinforces segregation Segregated by social class (similar prices houses near one another)Land uses are kept apart by zoning