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The city that we modeled is Chicago, and what we noticed throughout our intense research was that Chicago most resembles the Sector Model. Hoyt’s Sector Model is an urban city model describing urban land uses and patterns. In this model, social classes are separated by a series of sectors and or wedges which originate from the core, the central business district, and in the case of Chicago, the ‘Chicago Loop’. The blah blah blah of Chicago has lead to the formation of these characteristics that so

management of early Andalusia Umayyad (Hillenbrand, 1994: 112-113). With the moving of the central government, the first urban studies were started in Cordoba. In addition to city public works, the population of the city increased and the southern districts of the city were established as the new settlements (Akyüz, 2005: 238-239). Cordoba's spectacular rising

The galactic city model is also known as the peripheral model. The model shows an inner city surrounded by large suburban residential and business areas. The areas are tied together by a beltway or ring road. This model, as well as the multiple nuclei model, both show that a city has an an increase of transportation by cars. Lower income people don’t like this model because the cities are mostly segregated. The upper class, likes this model because it is set up where they can live in a nice neighborhood

Study Context and Data Sources 2.1 Beijing’s Recent Urban Planning Beijing is the capital of China and one of the most populous cities in the world. The current population as of 2014 was over 21 million. The area of Beijing Metropolitan Area (BMA) is 16,410 square kilometers. According to land use dataset of Beijing Institute of City Planning, the total urban area as of 2012 was 1,675 square kilometers. The BMA currently comprises 16 administrative subdivisions, as presented in Figure 1. Figure

Introduction. In an urbanising world, the way people fit into cities is of great importance. High Density is said to be the future of residential housing, although not everyone agrees to this way of thinking. High Density is viewed as a key strategy to manage urban growth and is becoming an increasing feature of city plans; our very own city is an example of this. High Density housing is defined as housing with a higher population density than the average, typically blocks of flats and tower

Burgess is one of the most famous model because it claims that urban land use is best portrayed as a series of concentric circles. The model recognizes five distinct zone the first being the central business district which consists of the downtown area, businesses, and shops. Since this zone is in the center of the city it is where majority of important business activities come together. For example, major government functions are located here as well as museums and theaters. Next is the zone in transition

The City of Portland also suffers from a lack of reasonable pricing in neighborhoods that are close-in, hence resulting in displacement, gentrification and centralization of poverty in the East, Northeast and North Portland. Previously, the City of Portland suffered from insufficient coordination and strategic focus; the diverse initiatives, programs, public partners and assistance providers have not been working hand in hand to attain the goals set by strategic plans. This has resulted to poor coordination

designed a vibrant city center based upon community amenities and facilities along 9th Avenue, Jefferson Street, and Adams Street. A graceful cityscape gradient present in Blocks 1, 2, and 3, central parks and amenities, and beautifully restored buildings focuses the energy of the district to a prosperous city center. Along Madison Street and 9th Avenue, large-scale residences and multi-storied businesses are provided convenient access to various forms of mass transit, the Central Business Districts

cycles in every household in percentage. If we compare Northern Province with other provinces of Sri Lanka, that shows the 88.7% of the household which are having the bicycle for their day to day activities (Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 2015). In Northern Province, Jaffna district is a metro city and administrative center of other four districts. That is why; we can easily say that cycling usage of the household is very high in Jaffna compared with other districts of the Province as well. The following

edge city The concept of edge city was first proposed by Garneau Joel, a Washington Post reporter, in his book, published in 1991. From this later on the edge of the concept of the city began to become clear. Due to the rapid development of urban economy, the huge increase in the number of population, the edge of the city gradually become the emerging trend of urban development, urban function in the space dispersion and regional network of combination, contributed to a new pattern of the city development