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 for sale of vehicles.

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

So there is difference between identification of 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.

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 livin

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

e to re-developed.

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

ngs, 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 developmen

t 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.