Perth Morphology

Q1. Although being the most centralised zones in a city, the central business district and the inner-mixed zone can be compared and contrasted in terms of land use characteristics and functions. Due to their high accessibility, land value and centripetal forces, these zones share functions that both draw the public and commercial interest into them, and create competition for prime land between business and some residential functions. To compare both zones, the accessibility of the CBD and the IMZ is a major similarity as all major freeways like the Mitchell, Graham Farmer and Kwinana run through these zones, and the Albany and Stirling Highways must pass through here to reach the CBD, hence making both zones highly accessible. Also, the train lines begin on the outskirts of the CBD which draws people from the major corridors (Midland, Mandurah, Fremantle, Armadale and Joondalup) to either visit or work in these zones. Therefore, transport is a major land use characteristic that both these zones share and much of the land in these zones is shaped around the structure of bus routes, train lines and major roadways which can lead to traffic and parking congestion. Perth’s CBD possesses the highest land value in Western Australia, and places like Northbridge, Leederville, and East Perth are not far behind. Because of this, the CBD and IMZ have had to become very compact zones, enabling space for the many administrative, retail, commercial and residential properties that fill these zones. Because of this, both zones show signs of horizontal zonation where alike functions have grouped together, for example the office towers on St. Georges Terrace like the Bankwest Tower, The AMCOM building, QV.1 and the Allendale Building have been aggregated with many other skyscrapers because they all share the administrative function, and William Street in Northbridge, possesses all the Asian specialty stores and restaurants. However, the CBD is different to the IMZ because as