SECTOR MODEL CHICAGO

SUBMITTED BY:
KRANTHI KUMAR.P
 SECTOR MODEL
Homer Hoyt (1895-1984) was aland economist, a real estate appraiser, and a real estate
consultant. In his long and accomplished life, he conducted path-breaking research on land
economics, developed an influential approach to the analysis of neighborhoods and housing
markets, refined local area economic analysis, and was a major figure in the development of
suburban shopping centers in the decades after World War II. His sector model of land use
remains one of his most well-known contributions to urban scholarship

theory of urban structure also known as Hoyt Model

• developed in 1939 by Homer Hoyt
• states that a city develops in sectors, not rings
• certain areas are more attractive for different activities because of an
environmental factor or by mere chance.
• Hoyt modified the concentric zone model to account for major
transportation routes
• according to this model most major cities evolved around the nexus of
several important transport facilities such as railroads, sea ports, and trolly
lines that eminated from the city's center.
• Hoyt theorized that cities would tend to grow in wedge-shaped patterns, or
sectors, eminating from the CBD and centered on major transportation
routes.
It is a monocentric representation of urban areas He posited a CBD around
which other land uses cluster But important factor is not distance from CBD
as in the concentric zone model, but direction away from CBD
• As growth occurs, similar activities stay in the same area and extend
outwards
• The Hoyt model realized that transportation (in particular) and access to
resources caused a disruption of the Burgess model.
• For example a rail line or major highway to a nearby city may result in
business development to preferentially develop parallel to the rail line or
major highway. So one side of a city may be completely industrial with
another sector may be completely rural.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

• Where it does and doesn't apply (some weaknesses)

• Applies well to Chicago
• Low cost housing is near industry and transportation proving
Hoyt's model
• Theory based on 20th century and does not take into
account cars which make commerce easier
• With cars, people can live anywhere and further from the
city and still travel to the CBD using their car. Not only do
high-class residents have cars, but also middle and lower
class people may have cars.
 CHICAG
Chicago, a city in the U.S. state of O
Illinois, is the third most populous city
in the United States and the most
populous city in the American
Midwest; with approximately 2.7
million residents. Its metropolitan
area (also called "Chicagoland"),
which extends into Indiana and
Wisconsin, is the third-largest in the
United States, after those of New York
City and Los Angeles, with an
estimated 9.5 million people. Chicago
is the county seat of Cook County,
though a small portion of the city
limits also extends into Dupage
County.
TRANSPORTATION ROLE
CHANGING STRUCTURE OF CITY

VIEW OF GRAND PARK VIEW OF WILLIS TOWER