Relationships between Land Uses

Since urban areas involve specialized land uses having specific functions, each land use zone involves a set of relationships with other land uses. These relationships are expressed by flows of passengers and freight. In the above figure which represents a multicentric city, zones A and E are both commercial with their associated movements of passengers (workers and customers) and freight (suppliers). Zones B and F are distribution centers servicing commercial activities, which implies movements of freight. Zones C, G and D are residential areas (G being of high density) from where flows of passengers are originating.