5 Theories of Planning · 5.1 Theories of planning and planning thinkers

5.1.6 Urban structure models: Burgess concentric zones, Hoyt sectors and Harris–Ullman multiple nuclei

Three classic models explain how land uses arrange themselves in a city: in rings around the CBD (Burgess, 1925), in wedges along transport routes (Hoyt, 1939), or around several separate centres (Harris and Ullman, 1945).

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  • Burgess
  • concentric zone
  • zone in transition
  • Chicago school
  • Homer Hoyt
  • sector model
  • Harris and Ullman
  • multiple nuclei
  • CBD
  • bid rent
  • Alonso
  • invasion and succession

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