Introduction to Residential, Commercial, and Administrative Districts in Geography

Commercial, residential, and industrial districts are the most basic functional areas of a city. There are no clear boundaries between the functional areas, and a functional area is often dominated by a certain function, but can also have other functions at the same time. Large cities have complex functions, but also the formation of administrative districts, cultural districts and other functional areas.

Residential area:

Composition: residential buildings and supporting service facilities

Location: residential areas of enterprises or unit workers and the distribution of enterprises adjacent to or in conjunction with

Characteristics: covers a large area of the city's most important functional areas, the outer landscape is a dense patchwork of buildings ?

Commercial district: ?

Composition: a variety of commercial streets and large shopping malls (or super malls)

Location: mostly located in the city center and on both sides of the traffic arteries or corner intersections

Characteristics: buildings are mainly multi-story towers, easy to get to, densely populated, heavy traffic

Administrative Center:

Composition: the regional or city administration

Location: convenient transportation and proximity to service objects

Characteristics: population density varies greatly by day and night