IB Geography HL Fieldwork

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Introduction

The Central Business District (CBD) is described as Waugh (2000) say, “the core of a city’s business and commercial activities.” With one of the largest number and concentration of pedestrians in the city, it causes a large competition in every aspect of business, thus explaining why it contains the largest department stores and specialist shops, the tallest buildings in the city with large proportions being the city’s main office, the largest concentration and amount of traffic and the major lines of communication into the city. It contains the highest prices of buildings for rent, which bid-rent theory states are the shortage of space which causes the high prices of buildings. It also states that there are three types of users who will rent space, commerce, industry and residential users…