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Key
A The Central Business District.
B The Zone of Transition.
C Working class residential.
D Commuter zone.
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 Ernest 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. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... In demography, the concentric zone model of a city was put forth by Robert E. Park, Ernest W. Burgess, and Roderick D. McKenzie in The City (1925). ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... In sociology, a group is usually defined as a collection consisting of a number of people who share certain aspects, interact with one another, accept rights and obligations as members of the group and share a common identity. ... Crowded Shibuya, Tokyo shopping district An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... Sociology is the study of the social lives of humans, groups and societies. ... Ernest Watson Burgess (May 16, 1886 – December 27, 1966) was an urban sociologist at the University of Chicago. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Proposed in 1939 by economist Homer Hoyt, the sector model also known as the Hoyt model in urban land use and demography modified the concentric zone model of city development. ... In demography, an ecological model put forth by Chauncy D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman in the 1945 article The Nature of Cities. ...

The centre was the CBD, followed by the transition zone otherwise known as the Inner City, then by low-class residential homes aka Inner Suburbs, the fourth ring would be that of better middle-class homes also known as the Outer Suburbs; 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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See also

• Urban structure
• Transect (urban)
• Sector model
• Multiple nuclei model

Josh's mum Urban structure is the arrangement of land use in urban areas. ... The urban-to-rural transect is an urban planning model created by Andrés Duany. ... Proposed in 1939 by economist Homer Hoyt, the sector model also known as the Hoyt model in urban land use and demography modified the concentric zone model of city development. ... In demography, an ecological model put forth by Chauncy D. Harris and Edward L. Ullman in the 1945 article The Nature of Cities. ...