GEOG 1HB3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Garden City Movement, Gated Community, Edward Ullman
4 Jan 2017
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Chapter 12 notes central business district: the social, cultural, commercial and political centre of the city; usually characterized by high rise of ce and residential towers, key municipal government buildings and civic amenities. Urban land uses are categorized into 6 types: residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, recreational, and transportation (including roads, parking lots, public transit, railways, and airports) Population density is highest in the centre and declines towards urban periphery. 1925, sociologist fernet burgess developed the concentric zone model, which focuses primarily on residential land use. He observed a spatial relationship between a households socio-economic status and distance from the central business district: the greater the distance, the greater the wealth, and the better the housing quality. Due to extensive empirical analysis of urban land market data from across the united states, the economist homer hoyt developed the sector model of urban land use as a modi cation of the concentric zone.
