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Topic 7 Delineation of CBD and Core
Topic 7 Delineation of CBD and Core
Core has 2 parts: core and frame. Core the main part of CBD where land
value is highest, has 2 sub divisions
3 zones in color. Inner core is also called peak land value intersection
(.75-1 or 75%-100% means inner core area. 0.5-0.74 is outer core. 0.25-
0.49 is frame. Below 0.25 is CBD development zone.)
2 extra zones: i) Discard zone – Previously intense but now decreasing/
this area is being abandoned CBD functions will decrease here. ii)
Assimilation zone – Previously not that intense but now developing
rapidly to become core.
For mapping, we first we to delineate with the previously mentioned
indexes. And then divided into zones. Zones don’t necessarily have to be
concentric. They can be in any shape. Mainly depends of the
geographical structures of that region.