#EXAMPLE OF CITY WITH URBAN REALMS MODEL SERIES#

Industry near rivers and railways, and low income housing near that. High class residential wedge: best houses on edge of wedge Industrial and retail develops along transportation lines Major development of city during industrial area. 439) Certain areas develop various activities within a wedge.

#EXAMPLE OF CITY WITH URBAN REALMS MODEL SERIES#

A city grows in a series of wedges or corridors extending out from the CBD.ALSO CLAIMED CHICAGO (pg. A city grows in a series of rings…DETROIT Innermost zone: CBD, no residential 2nd ring: industry and poor-quality housing, immigrant housing, apartments 3rd ring: Working class homes, stable, working-class families 4th ring: newer, more spacious housing for middle class 5th ring: commuter zone, live in smaller settlements and drive into cityģ Hoyt: Sector Model Key to this model is that city develops along transportation lines in wedges. Key to this model is that industry was still in the city and the workers needed to live near the factory.

Sociologists, economists, and geographers have developed 3 models to help explain where different types of people tend to live in an urban area Concentric zone model (older) Sector model (older) Multiple nuclei model (older) Peripheral/Galactic (newer) Urban Realms (newer) 1 Three BASIC Models of Urban Structure How is a city laid out in an MDC:

Example of city with urban realms model