Hoyt model/Sector model of

Urban Land Use (1939) by Homer

Hoyt
By
Anju
Samrutha
Vishal
 Contents
• Introduction
• Sector theory
 Introduction
• Urban areas have always been an area of research and caught the attention
of scholars and academicians. Homer Hoyt gave sector model which is also
known as Hoyt model in 1939 explains how cities grew. As we witness the
population growth it is becoming more and more essential to understand
how cities work.
• Studies on patterns of urban growth, settlement
geography, and land use are of great interest to the
concerned people. Various theories and models have
been proposed which attempts to explain how the
growth took place and how different groups &
activities are arranged in an urban area. Different
models about the growth of urban regions
include rank-size rule, primate city & primacy, central
place theory, Multiple Nuclei Model, Burgess Model.
Sector Theory

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 centre. Hoyt
theorized that cities would tend to grow in
wedge-shaped patterns, or sectors,
eminating from the CBD and centered on
major transportation routes.
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.