URBAN THEORIES

URBAN MODELS

Erness W. Burgess​ (economist)

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cities grow radially outward from a single center

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zone 1 - CBD

zone 2 - transition zone

zone 3 - low-income housing

zone 4 - middle income housing

zone 5 - commuter zone​

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CONCENTRIC ZONE THEORY

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Homer Hoyt​ (economist)

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• social groups are arranged around a series of sectors or wedges radiating out from the CBD

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• Importance of transportation corridors​

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SECTOR MODEL

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Walter Cristaller (Geographer)

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• Settlements​ functioned as "central places" providing services to surrounding areas.

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• Humans always purchase goods from the closest place

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• evenly distributed population​

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CENTRAL PLACE THEORY

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Chauncy Harris & Edward Ullman (Geographers)

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• users do not evolve around a single core but around several nodes and focal points ​

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• City grows from several independent points rather than from one central business district. ​

MULTIPLE NUCLEI MODEL

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James Vance (Geographer)

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• Explaining suburban growth and how certain functions that are

  normally found in the CBD can be moved to the suburbs

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• diminish the importance of the CBD

URBAN REALMS

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CONCENTRIC ZONE THEORY

ERNESS BURGESS (ECONOMIST)​

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SECTOR MODEL

HOMER HOYT (ECONOMIST)​

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CENTRAL PLACE THEORY

Walter Cristaller

(Geographer)​

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MULTIPLE NUCLEI MODEL

Chauncy Harris & Edward Ullman (Geographers)​

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URBAN REALMS

James Vance (Geographer)​

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Multiple Choice

social groups are arranged around a series of sectors or wedges radiating out from the CBD

• Sector Model, Homer Hoyt

• Sector Model, Walter Cristaller

• Central Place Theory, Walter Cristaller

• Central Place Theory, Edward Ullman

Multiple Choice

Central Place Theory

• Erness W. Burgess

• Chauncy Harris & Edward Ullman

• Walter Cristaller

• Homer Hoyt

Multiple Choice

Concentric Zone Theory

• Erness W. Burgess

• Chauncy Harris & Edward Ullman

• Walter Cristaller

• Homer Hoyt

Multiple Choice

• Urban Realms, James Vance

• Urban Realms, Walter Cristaller

• Multiple Nuclei Model, Chauncy Harris & Edward Ullman

• Multiple Nuclei Model, Chauncy Harris & Friedrich Engles

Multiple Choice

​Urban Realms

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• Erness W. Burgess

• James Vance

• Walter Cristaller

• Homer Hoyt