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Comparing and Contrasting Urban Models. In this activity you will Compare and Contrast the Concentric, Sector and Multiple nuclei models.
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Name: _________________________ AP Human Geography Cities and Urban Land Use Comparing and Contrasting Urban Models
In this activity you will Compare and Contrast the Concentric, Sector and Multiple nuclei models.
Implicit assumptions of Burgess, Hoyt, and Harris and Ullman’s models of urban structure in common:
A. Their implicit assumptions are:
B. The Concentric, Sector models and multiple nuclei models have many features in common:
Social-economic status segregates residential areas. The lower-income groups live in the inner city which is suffering from urban decay or in areas near the factory zone. Nearness to working places reduces time and cost of transport, but gives better working opportunities and easiness of obtaining various order of goods and services. In contrast, the higher-income groups occupy the urban periphery with better living environment far away from the factory zone and the lower-income groups.
C. Difference among Concentric and Sector models
D. Difference among Concentric, Sector and Multiple nuclei models
Criticism of the models with illustration of the examples A. A number of criticisms have been leveled on the three models. They include the following:
**B. Disturbance of land-use pattern by physical and historical elements and modern development