Concentric ring model

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E Countryside area]] - The Concentric ring model also known as the Burgess model was the first to explain distribution of social groups within urban areas. Based on one single city, Chicago, it was created by sociologist E. W. Burgess in 1923. This concentric ring model depicts urban land use in concentric rings: the Central Business District (or CBD) was in the middle of the model, and the city expanded in rings with different land uses. It contrasts with the Sector model and the Multiple nuclei model. - - The centre was the CBD, followed by the transition zone, then by low-class residential homes, the fourth ring would be that of better middle-class homes; the last and fifth zone was known as the "commuters' zone". Burgess observed that there was a correlation between the distance from the CBD and the socio-economic status of the denizens; richer families tended to live further away from the CBD. As the city grew, Burgess also observed that the CBD would cause it to expand outwards; this in turn forced the other rings to expand outwards as well. -

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• Concentric ring model applied to contemporary London
  Concentric ring model applied to contemporary London
• Concentric ring model applied to contemporary Tokyo
  Concentric ring model applied to contemporary Tokyo
• Concentric ring model applied to the contemporary Randstad (Ring City)
  Concentric ring model applied to the contemporary Randstad (Ring City)
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- - ==See Also== - *Sector model - *Multiple nuclei model - - ==External links== - *Write-up on Urban Land Use Models - *An image of the model