Urban functionsUrban functions

Q1.give reasons for the land uses that you assigned to each areaQ1.give reasons for the land uses that you assigned to each area

Most of the land uses are the residential land use and are clustered in the town centre.

-Government planning --- Tsuen Wan is a early new town -historical inertia ---The Tsuen Wan town was dominated

to residential use (as early as Sung Dynasty 宋朝 )-Along the main road (Castle Peak Road 青山公路 )-Convenient transportation and other services

Reasons for the residential location

Industrial locationIndustrial location

The industries are located along the Tsuen Wan’s boundary,due to

-lower land rent -larger area available for industrial activities-less influence of pollution to the clustering-transport improvement and facilitated transport of

resources and finished goods

Commercial locationCommercial location The commercial land uses are evenly distributed

within the town-to serve the different consumers within

the town -because of different range of good(low

order good)

OtherOther

The transportation,recreation and government institution community(GIC) are evenly distributed within the town

for the residents convenience government planning easy to administrate

Question 2Question 2

Compare your results with other groups.

Is there any significant difference? If yes, suggest reasons.

Area Difference

2 Commercial VS Industrial

For group 1, we think that the building is used for selling vehicles.

For group 2, they think the building is used for repairing vehicles.

So there is difference between identification of land use.

With further studied, we concluded that the area is industrial land use.

Area 2

8 Commercial VSResidential

20 CommercialVSResidential

28 Commercial VS Residential

The reason is that the building we choose is different to other group.

Zone 8Zone 8

Zone 28Zone 28

Question 3Question 3

Can any one of the three models, Concentric Model, Sector Model and Multiple-nuclei Model, apply to Tsuen Wan Town? Justify your answer.

Identification on town centerIdentification on town center

High accessibility High land rent Tall buildings High population flow Town Center: Area 16, 26 We believe that the three models can be partly

applied to the area we studied.

Concentric Model: There is a MTR station in area 16, which has a

good accessibility. We can find there are some commercial areas

near to the MTR station (i.e. Area 2, 8, 15). However, with increasing distance from town

center, we can rarely find commercial area. Even if there are commercial area, the order of goods is lower. The major land use is residential land use.

So Concentric Model can also be applied to the area we studied.

Sector Model: Transition Zone: Area 9, 18, 30 Reasons: Old buildings, small number of

storeys, and squatters can be found. Low class residential: Area 3, 4, 9, 18, 30 Reasons: Short buildings, long history, poor

living environment, lack of open space. Middle class residential: Area 6, 36 Reasons: Taller buildings, better environment

due to re-developed.

High class residential: Area 26 Reasons: Better government planning, Tall

buildings, more open space, better sea view(Area 7).

Main road: Castle Peak Road(青山公路 )and Tai Ho Road(大河道 ) leads to better accessibility.( Wider road )

As a result, sector model can be applied to the study area.(Tsuen Wan)

Multiple-nuclei Model: Reasons: In area 24, there will be a

development of commercial area. Moreover, the accessibility will also be improved because new transport route will be constructed(West Rail).

In area 24, there is a bus terminal which increase the accessibility. With further development, there will be a China Town(如心廣場 ). So we estimate that there will be a new town center.

As a result, we can find more than one town center in Tsuen Wan(Area 19, 20, 21 and Area 24).

Furthermore, there is a repulsion of some activities by others. We can obviously see that area 1(Industrial land use) and area 29(High class residential).

So we can see that multiple-nuclei Model could be applied in the Tsuen Wan Area).

Question 4Question 4

Compare your answer to other groups.

Explain if there are any differences.

Other group do not think that concentric model could be applied in the area we studied.

ReasonReason

They believe that the model has no obvious concentric land use pattern within the area.(Layout)

For our group, we aim at the underlying principle.

Q.5 The longest history and newly developed zone in Tsuen WanQ.5 The longest history and newly developed zone in Tsuen Wan

Longest history : Zone 22Reasons: 1.It was developed since 1685

2.Buildings are short (about 5 to 10 floors)3.No lift4.lack of open space and facilities5.shabby and old appearance6.illegal attachment7.urban decay is found8.aging population

Newly developed : zone 24 reasons: 1.well-planned

2.work in progress3.have been developing after 19854.new facilities5.recreationTsuen Wan Park6.Podium act as a noise barrier

From 1973 to 1983More housings were builtReasons: market provided jobs to low class

residents to attract people to move in and increase the population-because of lower land rent

Q.6 Urban growth of Tsuen Wan town throughout these 30 yearsQ.6 Urban growth of Tsuen Wan town throughout these 30 years

From 1983 to 1993More industries moved away from city centreReasons:-lower land rent (than the Kowloon urban) -transport improvement(e.g.MTR)

-near the port easy transport for resources and finished goods to other countries

-a new transport route (Tuen Mun Highway 屯門公路 ) to newly develop town(Tin Shui Wai 天水圍 ) and a gateway to south China

From 1993 to now -some industries area were closed

-because of some industries move to S.China

-new construction site of a new commercial building (zone 24, ChinaTown如心廣場 )

-because of the urban decay, and government build more new constructions ,i.e.urban renewal

Supplementary Supplementary

There have a new developed center (Discovery Park 愉景新城 )

But Discovery Park is out of our field study area yesterday

SupplementarySupplementary

Because Discovery Park can provide not only low order of good

But also some high order good And we can found a bus terminal there

So we can also call it is a town in Tseun Wan