Urban Land use models

Question 1

The Burgress Model

Answer 1

-represents landuse as a series of concentric rings/zones
(inner to outer)-CBD, Factories, low class residential, medium class residential, high class residential
-city has grown outwards in all directions from one central zone
-urban fabric gets younger with increasing distance from centre

Question 2

Sector Model

Answer 2

• describes urban land use as a series of wedges that radiate from city centre
• sectors develop along transport corridors where accessibility is high
• residential areas develop by filtering rather than by invasion and succession

Question 3

Harris and Ullman’s Multiple Nuclei Model

Answer 3

• most large cities don’t grow around a single CBD
• model describes cities with a loose structure with growth concentrated around several nuclei
• nuclei comprise outer business districts, industrial concentrates and residential areas

Question 4

Ford Model

Answer 4

• based on LEDC’s

- Latin American city model

Question 5

Mann’s structure of a British city model

Answer 5

• a combination of the ideas of Burgees and Hoyt with both concentric rings and sectors
• based on Sheffield, Nottingham and Huddersfield
• Role of prevailing wind is important

Question 6

Bid rent model

Answer 6

• refers to how the price and demand for real estate change as the distance from CBD increases
• states that different land users will compete with one another for land close to city centre