Internal And External Morphology Of Nyc And Demographics

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what is the external morpholgy of nyc

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• The external morphology is the external shape of an urban area
• The megacity of New York is an example of a multicellular city with an urban area separated by waterways (such as Hudson and East rivers) and located on islands as well as mainland America
• Extending over the 5 boroughs, the metro area covers some 790 km2.
  

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what is the internal morpholgy of nyc

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The internal morphology is the arrangement of land use patterns within an urban place.

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explain characteristics of cbd in nyc

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• Manhattan is generally accepted as being New Yorks CBD and financial district of Tri State Area but it is also made up of different districts
• CBD is Multi nuclei and includes both Financial District and Midtown
• Financial District - It is compact and dense with landuse competition and vertical zonation of functions within high rise skyscrapers.An area of aggregation of commerce and finance (Stock exchange)
• Midtown – highly accessible (all rail routes converge e.g. Grand Central Station) Provides different functions mainly retail & Entertainment (Broadway)

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characteristics of Inner Mixed Zone

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• Typically older inner neighborhoods that fringe the CBD.
• Semi intensive mixture of landuses including warehouse, factories, restaurants, offices, apartments and transport terminals.
• A dynamic area with constant change due to land use competition, and invasion and succession
• Places include SoHo, Tribeca and Chelsea
  

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characteristics of residential zone

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• Residential dominates in terms of spatial extent.
• Variety of dwellings of different ages, styles and quality.
• Brooklyn Borough
• Brooklyn heights
• 5 minutes subway ride to ManhattanRelatively larger blocks and suburban design associated with raising a family.
• Water front high rise condominiums emerging on the water front.
• Down town Brooklyn was the commercial district of Brooklyn and is home to MetroTech Center, Fulton Street Mall and Brooklyn academy of music.High rise residential towers.
  
• Bronx Borough
• Riverdale is the most affluent neighbourhood, with Tudor mansions and tree lined lanes with views of the Hudson river. Set further back are multi story apartments and condominiums.
• Has prestigious private schools, botanical garden and outdoor art gallery.
• Queens borrow
• Long island city
• Has predominantly been manufacturing and warehouse district of Queens.
• The waterfront is now lined with glassy condominiums and rental towers and some warehouses have been converted to residential use.

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rural urban fringe

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• Westchester is an area on the rural urban fringe. It is a zone of transition.
• Newer residential is invading traditional agriculture particularly dairy. In long island it is horticulture and market gardens.
  

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special purpose zones

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• airports
• JFK airport
• Public parks
• Brooklyn bridge park
• Central park
• Flushing Meadows –Corona Park
  
• Sporting venues
• Citi field stadium
• Yankee stadium
• MetLife stadium
• Redbull arena
  

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predominant and other races in manhattan

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predominant - white - italian, irish and polish speakers

other hispanic - dominican

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predominant and other races in queens

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predominant - white - italian, irish and polish speakers

other - black - african american

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predominant and other races in bronx

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other - black - african american

hispanic - puerto rican

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predominant and other races in brooklyn

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predominant - black - african american

other - white - italian, irish and polish speakers

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age and gender

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median age will increase by 4 years, number og old age residents over 85 percent will increase by 12 percent resulting in aging demographic

all population groups below 50 years of age decline - most notably between ages of 30 and 40 years

females are outliveing their male counterpart in older age

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sociioeconomic status

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inner zone

1. rich commuters by foot or public transport - central manhattan or brooklyn heghts

2. poor commute by public transport - outer broughs such as jamacia

3. 'tree change' where rich drive - west chester

anomalise exist and manhattan is good example - low income enclaves still exist - china town and washinton heights - high number of immigrants with genreally lower literacy levels. Also have high number of multiunit buildings - developed in place of slums - known as superblocks associated with low income areas- -bronx

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