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Author Ernest Watson Burgess
Author Ernest Watson Burgess
Author Ernest Watson Burgess
URBAN ECOLOGY - groups of people occupy overtime different areas of the city like different plant species.
Report on Planning 3 Concentric Zone Theory Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
1A CBD Proper
CBD = Central Business District In Chicago: The Loop Dept stores, office bldgs, banks, hotels, theaters >> things that service entire metro area
1A
Report on Planning 3 Concentric Zone Theory Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
1A CBD Proper 1B Fringe of CBD Wholesaling, warehousing, truck & railroad depots >>things that service CBD uses; cannot afford extreme land values of CBD proper; may need more land These uses have moved out to circumferential highways
1B 1A
Report on Planning 3 Concentric Zone Theory Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
1A CBD Proper 1B Fringe of CBD 2 Zone in Transition or Gray Zone
2 1B 1A
Mixed residential and commercial uses Older residential area; former homes of well-to-do have trickled down to lowincome; Businesses and light manufacturing, print shops Zone of slums, rooming houses, newly arrived immigrants
Report on Planning 3 Concentric Zone Theory Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
1A CBD Proper 1B Fringe of CBD 2 Zone in Transition or Gray Zone 3 Lower Income Housing
3 2 1B 1A
Burgess called this ring: Zone of Independent Workers Housing Industrial workers. May have moved out from Zone 2 boarding houses as begin to assimilate, prosper, start families
Report on Planning 3 Concentric Zone Theory Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
1A CBD Proper 1B Fringe of CBD 2 Zone in Transition or Gray Zone 3 Lower Income Housing 4 Higher Income Housing
4 3 2 1B 1A
Report on Planning 3 Concentric Zone Theory Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
1A CBD Proper 1B Fringe of CBD 2 Zone in Transition or Gray Zone 3 Lower Income Housing 4 Higher Income Housing 5 Commuters Zone Suburban areas containing satellite cities
5 4 3 2 1B 1A
The Burgess Model The Bull-s Eye Model Concentric Ring Model Concentric Circles Model
North Gate
F il i ve s tA v en Sp ec ue tru m
North Gate: Medium rise office and Residential development West Gate: High end commercial center Spectrum: High-rise Offices and Residential tower Filinvest Ave.: Exclusively for highrise corporate towers City Center: Festival Mall South Gate: Asian Hospital
West Gate
City Center
South Gate
North Gate
F il i ve s tA v en Sp ec ue tru m
Laguna Heights: Sports and Leisure development Corporate woods: Alternative office environment Civic Plaza: Commercial lots along Civic Drive Market Square: Wet and Dry Market
West Gate
Market Square
C iv ic P laza
City Center
Laguna Heights