Concentric Zone Model

Question 1

First zone: Central business district / Commercial centre

Answer 1

The city’s heart includes department stores, office buildings, shops, banks, clubs,
hotels, theatres and many other civic buildings

Question 2

Second zone: ZONE OF TRANSITION

Answer 2

-Light industries
-slums
-home of first-generation immigrants

Question 3

Third zone: LOW-CLASS RESIDENCE

Answer 3

-low-income households
-retrogressing neighbourhoods
-one-room houses
- homeless men

Question 4

Fifth zone : commuter zone

Answer 4

-located in the outermost
-beyond the area of higher-class residence
-employment and business purposes

Question 5

4th zone : working class residence

Answer 5

-planned residential area
-close to place of economic activity
-health facilities