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URBAN ECOLOGY - groups of people occupy overtime different areas of the city like different plant species.
Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
1A CBD Proper
CBD = Central Business District In Chicago: The Loop Dept stores, office bldgs, banks, hotels, theaters >> things that service entire metro area
1A
Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
1B
1A
Mixed residential and commercial uses Older residential area; former homes of well-to-do have trickled down to lowincome; Businesses and light manufacturing, print shops Zone of slums, rooming houses, newly arrived immigrants
Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
3 2
1A CBD Proper 1B Fringe of CBD 2 Zone in Transition or Gray Zone 3 Lower Income Housing
1B
1A
Burgess called this ring: Zone of Independent Workers Housing Industrial workers. May have moved out from Zone 2 boarding houses as begin to assimilate, prosper, start families
Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
4 3 2
1A CBD Proper 1B Fringe of CBD 2 Zone in Transition or Gray Zone 3 Lower Income Housing 4 Higher Income Housing
1B
1A
Model based on Chicago, so rings are only semicircular due to Lake Michigan
5 4 3 2
1A CBD Proper 1B Fringe of CBD 2 Zone in Transition or Gray Zone 3 Lower Income Housing 4 Higher Income Housing 5 Commuters Zone Suburban areas containing satellite cities
1B
1A
The Inner city is the 3rd zone commonly consisting of Terraced housing built in the 19th century.
This area usually experienced social and economic problems. Some have now been replaced with high rise flats in order to maximize the use of spaces.
Commonly 1920 1950s housing usually large in size and with a garden.
Some facilities such as rows of shops may exists. The land gets cheaper away from the CBD, so planning for new houses is common.
Modern housing, large in size, often detached with a cluster pattern housing.
Ideal areas for families with young children, houses with gardens, garages and Safe roads. Access to parks and common spaces is common. Called the Commuter zone
The Burgess Model The Bull-s Eye Model Concentric Ring Model Concentric Circles Model
North Gate
West Gate
City Center
Filinvest Ave.: Exclusively for highrise corporate towers City Center: Festival Mall South Gate: Asian Hospital
South Gate
North Gate
West Gate
Market Square
City Center
South Gate
Corporate woods
Laguna Heights