Cities

The location of the cities

At the seaside In the mountains In a valley Close to rivers Close to lakes On an island At the center of a

country Etc. Why?

Food supplies (fish, forrest for hunting etc.

Fresh water supplies (lakes, rivers, valleys)

Fertile land to grow cereals and vegetables

Defence Communication Transport

Examples

City maps

A city map is a graphic representation of a city with it´s streets, neighbourhoods, squares, rivers and big buildings.

There are 3 different types of mapsOrtogonal map:

In the form of a grid Easy to make maps from Easy to divide the city in

different parts Because every street has a

perpendicular angle its easy to construct builings.

It doesn´t adapt to the differences in height.

Poor visibility at the different crossings of roads

Radio centrical map

It has one central point. The streets and roads are positioned around the center in a circular form.

Easy communication with the outskirts of the city.

Easy to adapt to differences in height of the city

It´s difficult for cars to move through the city. They always have to cross the center.

Irregular map

There is no geometrical form

The streets and roads are positioned without a clear plan.

You can find alleys without an exit

Usually found in old historical city centers

Difficult for trafic to move around

You will find big open spaces as, squares, gardens, parks etc.

Polders in The Netherlands A polder is a piece of

land surrounded by dykes and dried up to be used as farmland, to build new cities or even a whole new province.

The advantage is that you have a new piece of land that can be used and ordered the most practical.

The Netherlands has about 3000 polders

Typical Dutch polder

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