Patterns of Human Settlement (Day 2) Flashcards
What are the four theories of Urban Development
Concentric Circle theory; Sector Theory; Multiple Nuclei Theory; Central Place Theory
In 1925, who developed the concentric circle theory?
Ernest Burgess
What is the theory surrounding the concentric circle theory?
Cities grow in a series of outward rings, and land use is based on distance from downtown.
What are the five rings in the concentric circle theory?
1) CBD - Home to gov., offices, and commercial uses.
2) Industrial Zone
3) Zone of transition - mix of industrial and low-income housing
4) the zone of middle class housing
5) commuter zone - high income housing
Burgess was also instrumental in the concept of the bid rent curve which is a theory explaining what?
land use patterns on how much people are willing to pay for rent, in turn, based on profits that are likely to be received from maintaining a business on that land
Using the Bid Rent Curve theory, which zone in Burgess’ theory would have the highest number of customers and profits, therefore landing itself at the steep end of the bid rent curve?
CBD
In 1939, Homer Hoyt developed which theory?
Sector Theory
Homer Hoyt argued that land uses vary on what?
transportation routes
In 1945, Harris and Ullman developed which theory?
Multiple Nuclei Theory
The Multiple Nuclei theory argues that cities develop in a series of specific land use nuclei and that land use is formed because of what?
accessibility to natural resources, clustering of similar uses, land prices, and the repelling power of land use.
In 1933, Walter Chistaller developed which theory?
Central Place theory.
Central Place theory explains the size and spacing of cities and states. It also discussed that there is a minimum and maximum theory. Clarify that theory.
There is a minimum market threshold to bring a firm to a city and there is a maximum range of people who are willing to travel to receive goods and services.
