Question 1

a) Deriving the building age pattern in 11 years

Radius of the building is 12 blocks meaning 0-11. I a simple discrete model te city expands by
one block every year and each building is built on a new block. Old buildings continue to get old
as time goes by ad life span of every building in three years.
Deriving age patterns of buildings
T= 0 T=1 T=2 T=3 T=4
Block Age Block Age Block Age Block Age Block Age
0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 2
2 1 2 2 2 1
3 3 3 2
4 o new
Age pattern of buildings
T= 0 T=1 T=2 T=3 T=4
Block Age Block Age Block Age Block Age Block Age
0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
2 1 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 0 new
T T
Block Age T Block Age
12 0 2
11 1 1
7 2 2
6 3 2
7 4 0 reconstruction second time
8 5 1
6 6 2
7 7 3
9 8 0
11 9 1 new reconstruction first time
10 10 2
12 11 3
14 12 0 new spatial expansion
b) Pattern of building heights depends on
1) Location
2) The date of construction
Also, buildings which are further from the CBD are shorter. S= height= 5T-2x T= construction
date, X= number of buildings where the block is located
This implies partial derivative of height/ distance is negative δS/δx<0
while δS/δT≥0
For those buildings which are taller
The dominant is partial derivative is δS / δx <0
d)

Question2
a) Length distance, its population(L), × is the edge of the block from the
Consumes 0.01 square of land yA <y +L the costs of commuting is 0
When rural urban migration takes place yA –costs of housing in rural areas<y-cost of
commuting- costs of housing
This implies that yA<Y-Tx in migration cases
Y= YA- Tx(L)
X= (YA- Y)/TL
b) The chance of getting a single job in city is JIL and expected income is y(JIL) while
disposable income = y(JIL)- Tx. Rural-urban migration is can be achieved if disposable
income = rural income
For instance rural-urban movement is y- Tx(L) =Y A…………(1)
X= (YA- Y)/TL……….(2)
Substitute (1) into (2)
Rural income = y(JIL)- LYA- (Y)T
= y(JIL)- T(YA- Y)/L multiply through by L to obtain
2
= L y(JIL)- L(YA)- YT

c) When y=10000, yA= 2000, T= 100, j=30000

 =L2 y(JIL)- L(YA)+YT
L210,000*30000- L2000+ 1000000 = 150000L2- L+ 50000
L = 150, 0000
d) The chance of getting an urban job is dependent on y. if y increases then the city life
improves making any person capable of getting a job
When L, X and Tx rise they encourage commute time lowering the expected income on J
hence reducing the probability of getting a job. Focusing on policis to iprove agriculture
in rural areas will reduce rural-urban migration hence increasing the probability of those
I cities of getting a job.
e) The distance the edge of the city is
Area of land = uL
Radius of th city is πx2= uL
X = √uL/π = ←√0.01*150000/π= 21.8508
X= (Y-YA)/TL= (10000- 2000)/ 100*15000= 0.005
Residence living at the edge spends as follows in commuting
Spending = y(JIL)- Tx = 10,000*30000-100*21.8508
=$299,997,814.9141
f) When y=12,000, yA= 2000, T= 100, j=30000
=L2 y(JIL)- L(YA)+YT
L 12, 000*30000- L2000+ 1000000 = 150000L2- L+ 50000
2

L = 180, 0000
The distance the edge of the city is
Area of land = uL
Radius of the city is πx2= uL
X = √uL/π = ←√0.01*180000/π= 572.956
Spending = y(JIL)- Tx = 12,000*30000-100*572.956
=$359, 942,704.4
When y, which is income, earned in urban employment increases, the population rises for
city resident. It increases the distance at the edge of the city. As a result, the amount of
money spend on residents in city also rise.
Question 3

a) The rich housing is >poor PR>PP where R=rich and P= poor

Relative location of poor and rich in the CBD X. for us to draw and make intuitive decision based on the
precise equations we need to look at the real world, rich side in suburb and those poor residents who
reside in the city. We draw a graph of the two to show their location indifference through up and down
arrows as we pay attention to when X=5.

Graph of CBD x against poor and rich populations

b)Based on the graph we can see the slope(p)= -t/Q

D(PR) – t/ QR D(PP) = - t/QP where QR> QP

It means that id PR=PP then the equilibrium is at the centre X
If t/ QR<t/ QP I that case the graph is steeper in poor side than the rich side. The rich would
rather live in suburbs because it is near the CBD while the poor in the other parts other than the
CBD and suburbs
c) Graph of housing costs
The graph of housing costs drawn on the diagram show that both the rich and poor have different costs
of housing. For instance, the poor who live further away from the CBD incur low costs on housing while
the rich who prefer the suburbs pay more on those houses. The graph provides a perfect pictorial
explanation of theses observations. It sindicates the ctual housing per square foot as P A.

d) A graph of PR and Pp is re-drawn when the city is crime-free. The diagram shows that the arrow
or curve for rich shifts towards zero away from x=5. It moves far from equilibrium leading to
reduction in number of poor and an increase in the rich population.

e) The policy introduced by the government to wipe out crime in city doesn’t improve the lives of
the poor residents. They need jobs to improve their lives and engaging in crime related activities
was as a result of unemployment. In that case, wiping crime does not change their living
standards.