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Modern Urban Planning: Urban Land-Use Theories
Modern Urban Planning: Urban Land-Use Theories
Modern Urban Planning: Urban Land-Use Theories
planning
Urban LandUse Theories
Functions of settlement
Formation of
settlement
Form of settlement
Transformation of
settlement
URBAN MO
Concentric Zone
Sector Model
Harris
Concentric model
Urban Land-Use
Theories
Concentric
Zone
Theory
Burgess
(1925)
Cities grow outwards from the
centre in a series of rings.
Concentric model
Concentric model
Concentric model
Central Business
District
Transition and
Industry
low incomes
oldest housing
ghettos
Concentric model
Concentric model
segregated
according to
income
Lack of transport
infrastructure
Older
Assumptions
Concentric model
Concentric model
Concentric model
Concentric model
Concentric model
Concentric model
Sector Theory
Timeframe
Late
1930s
Income and
status divided
society
Housing areas
reflect social
segregation
Assumptions
Settlement develops
along transport routes
Towns radiate out
from the CBD
Low-income and
industrial areas lie
next to each other
Wealthy people
choose the best sites
Criticisms of Hoyts
Theory
Old
Too
In
general
Burgess v Hoyt
Hoyts
theory is based
on statistical data, so is
less open to the
criticism that Burgess
received.
complex