Urban Geography
Core-Periphery-Model
adapted from John Friedmann (1966). Regional Development
Policy: A Case Study of Venezuela, Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press.
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Friedmann’s Core Periphery Model
John Friedmann (1986). The world city hypothesis.
Development and Change 17, pp. 69-83.
Burgess’ Urban Land Use Model
adapted from Ernest Burgess, Robert Park (1925). The City. Chicago, CUP.
Hoyt’s Sector Model
adapted from Homer Hoyt (1939). The Structure and Growth
of Residential Neighbourhoods in American Cities Washington, FHA.
Multiple Nuclei Model
CBD
Wholesale,
light manufacturing
Low class residential
Medium class residential
high class residential
Heavy manufacturing
Outlying business district
Residential suburb
Industrial suburb
adapted from Chauncey Harris and Edward Ullman (1945).
The Nature of Cities, Annals of the American Academy of
Political Science, No. 242, pp. 7-17.
Urban Development According
to Different Transportation
Modes
Streetcar line
Freeway
Walking
10 km
Streetcar
Cycling
Automobile
Automobile with
freeways
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Alvin Boskoff (1970). The Sociology of Urban Regions.
2nd. Ed. Appleton-Century-Crofts: New York,
Phases of Suburbanization
Suburbs
Edge City
Edge City Characteristics
• more than five million sq. feet (465,000 m²)
of office space.
• more than 600,000 sq. feet (56,000 m²) of
retail space
• characterized by more jobs than bedrooms.
• perceived as one place.
• an urban history of less than 30 years.
Types of Edge Cities
• Boomers
• Greenfields
• Uptowns