Unit VII: Cities & Urban Land Use Models

A theory that refers to how the price and demand for real estate relate to the distance from the central business district (CBD) increases.

• Bid rent theory (W. Alonso)

• Borchert's epochs (Borchert's model of urban evolution)

• Central place theory (W. Christaller)

• Threshold

Five distinct periods in the history of American urbanization. Each epoch is characterized by the impact of a particular transport technology on the creation and differential rates of growth of American cities.

• Concentric Zone Model (Burgess model or the CCD model)(Burgess)

• Central Business center

• Borchert's epochs (Borchert's model of urban evolution)

• Zone in Transition

Is a geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size, and location of human settlements in a residential system.

• Disamenity sector

• Central place theory (W. Christaller)

• Latin Am city structure

• Sector Model or Hoyt model (Hoyt)

What type of model is a "Threshold"?

• is the maximum distance consumers are prepared to travel to acquire goods. (at some point the cost or inconvenience will outweigh the need for the good.)

• minimum # of people required to support a business

• Services that are obtained on a regular basis and require a small area to be profitable.

• Service that is required less frequently and requires a large market area to remain profitable.

What is the "Range"?

• one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures. Created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925.

• The form and structure of cities, including street patterns and the size and shape of buildings.

• Services that are obtained on a regular basis and require a small area to be profitable.

• is the maximum distance consumers are prepared to travel to acquire goods. (at some point the cost or inconvenience will outweigh the need for the good.)

Services that are obtained on a regular basis and require a small area to be profitable.

• Low Order Goods

• Zone in Transition

• Blue Collar Zone

• Higher order goods

one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures. Created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925.

• Central place theory

• Concentric Zone Model (Burgess model or the CCD model)

• Blue Collar Zone

• Concentric Zone Model (Burgess model or the CCD model)(Burgess)

Service that is required less frequently and requires a large market area to remain profitable.

• Low Order Goods

• Higher order goods

• Zone in Transition

one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures. Created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925.

• White Collar Zone

• Central Business center

• Concentric Zone Model (Burgess model or the CCD model)(Burgess)

The area of the city where retail and office activities are clustered.

• Central Business center

• White Collar Zone

• Gravity Model

• Multiple Nuclei Model (Harris/ Ullman)