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Sector Model

Homer Hoyt developed the sector model of urban land use in 1939 as an alternative to the concentric zone model. The sector model posits that cities develop in wedge-shaped sectors centered around major transportation routes rather than concentric circles as proposed in the concentric zone model. Hoyt used his sector model to analyze the development of Chicago, finding that different land uses clustered along transportation corridors radiating out from the central business district. The sector model remains influential but has some weaknesses as it does not account for the rise of personal automobiles which allow people to live further from city centers.

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Sector Model

Homer Hoyt developed the sector model of urban land use in 1939 as an alternative to the concentric zone model. The sector model posits that cities develop in wedge-shaped sectors centered around major transportation routes rather than concentric circles as proposed in the concentric zone model. Hoyt used his sector model to analyze the development of Chicago, finding that different land uses clustered along transportation corridors radiating out from the central business district. The sector model remains influential but has some weaknesses as it does not account for the rise of personal automobiles which allow people to live further from city centers.

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SECTOR MODEL CHICAGO

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KRANTHI KUMAR.P
SECTOR MODEL
Homer Hoyt (1895-1984) was aland economist, a real estate appraiser, and a real estate
consultant. In his long and accomplished life, he conducted path-breaking research on land
economics, developed an influential approach to the analysis of neighborhoods and housing
markets, refined local area economic analysis, and was a major figure in the development of
suburban shopping centers in the decades after World War II. His sector model of land use
remains one of his most well-known contributions to urban scholarship

theory of urban structure also known as Hoyt Model


• developed in 1939 by Homer Hoyt
• states that a city develops in sectors, not rings
• certain areas are more attractive for different activities because of an
environmental factor or by mere chance.
• Hoyt modified the concentric zone model to account for major
transportation routes
• according to this model most major cities evolved around the nexus of
several important transport facilities such as railroads, sea ports, and trolly
lines that eminated from the city's center.
• Hoyt theorized that cities would tend to grow in wedge-shaped patterns, or
sectors, eminating from the CBD and centered on major transportation
routes.
It is a monocentric representation of urban areas He posited a CBD around
which other land uses cluster But important factor is not distance from CBD
as in the concentric zone model, but direction away from CBD
• As growth occurs, similar activities stay in the same area and extend
outwards
• The Hoyt model realized that transportation (in particular) and access to
resources caused a disruption of the Burgess model.
• For example a rail line or major highway to a nearby city may result in
business development to preferentially develop parallel to the rail line or
major highway. So one side of a city may be completely industrial with
another sector may be completely rural.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

• Where it does and doesn't apply (some weaknesses)


• Applies well to Chicago
• Low cost housing is near industry and transportation proving
Hoyt's model
• Theory based on 20th century and does not take into
account cars which make commerce easier
• With cars, people can live anywhere and further from the
city and still travel to the CBD using their car. Not only do
high-class residents have cars, but also middle and lower
class people may have cars.
CHICAG
Chicago, a city in the U.S. state of O
Illinois, is the third most populous city
in the United States and the most
populous city in the American
Midwest; with approximately 2.7
million residents. Its metropolitan
area (also called "Chicagoland"),
which extends into Indiana and
Wisconsin, is the third-largest in the
United States, after those of New York
City and Los Angeles, with an
estimated 9.5 million people. Chicago
is the county seat of Cook County,
though a small portion of the city
limits also extends into Dupage
County.
TRANSPORTATION ROLE
CHANGING STRUCTURE OF CITY

VIEW OF GRAND PARK VIEW OF WILLIS TOWER

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