Chapter 13.2 AP Human Geography
University: Lehigh University
Course: Political & Environ Geography (IR 195)
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Ch. 13 Urban Paerns
Key Issue 2 Where Are People Distributed in Urban Areas?
Rubenstein, p.466-477
1. The distribuon of people in urban areas is NOT random .
I. MODELS OF URBAN STRUCTURE
2. Label and describe the concentric zone model developed by E.W. Burgess in 1923.
*CITY GROWS OUTWARD FROM A CENTRAL AREA in a series of concentric rings
Burgess Concentric-Zone Model:
1. central business district
2. zone of transion
3. zone of independent workers’ homes
4. zone of beer residences
5. commuter’s zone
3. Label and describe the sector model developed by Homer Hoyt in 1939.
*CITY DEVELOPS IN A SERIES OF SECTORS spreading farther from
the city instead of around the city
Hoyt Sector Model:
1. Central business district
2. Purple: transportaon and industry
3. orange: low class residenal
4. dirt green: middle class residenal
5. green: high class residenal
4. Label and describe the mulple-nuclei model developed by Harris & Ullman in 1945.
*SOME ACTIVITIES ARE ATTRACTED TO PARTICULAR NODES WHILE OTHER ACTIVITIES TRY TO AVOID
THEM
1. yellow: central business district
2. purple: wholesale, light manufacturing
3. orange: low class residenal
4. dirt green: medium class residenal
5. green: high class residenal
6. red: heavy manufacturing
7. black: outlying business district
8. dark green: a residenal suburb
9. grey: industrial suburb
