urban development Multiple Nuclei Model

created be C D Harris and E L Ullman in 1945

a key idea is that a city contains more that just one area around which activity revolves

and that incompatible land use activities will avoid clustering in the same area.

this model works well with Auckland NZ

urban development Sectoral Model

created by Homer Hoyt in 1939

based on the idea that a city develop in sectors instead of rings

that it grows from the inside out

Galgary, Alberta is said to fit this model well

urban structure zonal model

Created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925

it is based on the idea that closer to the center of town everything is more expensive.

and how a city expands outwards.

this model helps describe Chicago.

Las Vegas City