Homer Hoyt’s Sector Model
By Terence Wong
Geographer’s name and credential/
qualifications
• This model was created by Homer Hoyt in
1939
What was this model supposed to
explain?
• This model was created to show that zones
expand outward from transportation zones.
Visual
Cite/ explain a real world example
• In Chicago, an upper class residential sector
evolved outward along the Lake
Michigan shoreline north of the central
business district, while industry extended
southward in sectors that followed railroad
lines.
Strengths
• The people that settle in a city would settle in
an area near transportation so that they can
have easy access to many different place
Weaknesses
• The theory is based on railroads and does not
take into account cars
• Physical Features may divert the growth in
some areas