Hong Kong Urban Land Use (Worksheet)

Hong Kong urban land use (worksheet)

Part 1 : How does our city look like?

(1) http://www.youtube.com/user/HongKong#p/u/16/reaEAI0cUhY (Video from: HK Tourism Board 3mins15seconds)

(2) How much do you know the 18 districts? http://www.gohk.gov.hk/eng/welcome/index.html (Source from: Home Affairs Department)

Part 2 : Familiar with the urban land use in Hong Kong. What are the major types of urban land use? Where do they locate? Let’s find in the powerpoint.

No. of Types of urban land use Location characteristics/Examples Slides Slide 2 Where do you usually find this type of urban land use in Hong Kong? Slide 3 Why do the shops selling high- order goods locate here?

Why do the commercial buildings and banks locate here in Central?

What is Central Business District (CBD)? What are the characteristic of the land use in the Central Business District (CBD)? Slide 6 Other Secondary CBD

What is the locational distribution of this type of urban land use? Slide 8 Can you identify the type of land use? Slide 9 What is the difference between

1 the residential land use in photo 1 and photo 2? Where do you usually find them?

Can you identify this type of land use? Slide 11 What is the locational distribution of industrial land use in Hong Kong? Slide 12 Why do the residence locate near the industrial area?  Entrepreneurs  Factory workers  Environmentalists What are the advantages and disadvantages that the residences locate near the industrial area? Why do some residences locate far away from the industrial area? Slide 13 Can you identify the type of land use? Slide 14 What type of urban land use is it? Slide 15 What is this type of urban land use? Slide 16 Can you identify the type of land use?

Part 3 : Our community

(1) Colour the location of your residence in red and yellow for your school in the map below. (Remarks: use same colour for the same location)

2 Map from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Hong_Kong_18Districts_EN.svg

(2) Use Google earth to draw a sketch map of your community (residence / school) to show its land uses.