Hoyt Model

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 857.

The Hoyt Model was developed in 1939 by the economist Homer Hoyt. Hoyt based his model on 142 North American cities. Like Burgess he noticed a largely commercial area in the centre of the urban areas (the CBD). However, unlike Burgess' circles he noticed the development of wedges. He noticed that industry often developed along major transport routes e.g. railways, canals and roads.

He then noticed that the poorer residential areas were focused near the industry while richer residential areas tended to grow further away from polluting industrial areas.

Again there are some limitations because Hoyt only looked at North American cities in a period before mass car ownership. Also like with Burgess' model many changes have since taken place in MEDC cities.

Because so many people want to work and live on the Rural-Urban fringe there had been some conflicts between.

· House developers

· House buyers

· Farmers

· Hikers and cyclists

· Road builders

· Factories

· Supermarkets

· Business or science parks

· Council Housing: This is government housing which is usually given to people that are unemployed and have a low income. The rent on council houses are lower than the rent on private property.

· Detached Housing: A single house that is not attached to any other house. A detached house will normally have a garden and a drive. These types of houses are normally found in the suburbs.

· Semi-Detached Housing: Two houses that are joined together. They will probably have individual gardens and drives. These types of houses are normally found in the suburbs.

· Terraced Housing: A long line of attached houses. These are typical in old industrial cities of the UK. They are normally found in the transition zone area and they would have been housing for people working in the factories. They were very basic houses, often with no electricity and an outside toilet. Many have now been knocked down or improved.

· Bungalow: This is a house with only one floor. They are very popular amongst old people who find it hard to use stairs. Bungalows can be detached or semi-detached. They are normally found in the suburbs.

· Flats or Apartments: These are buildings with multiple levels. Normally a flat or apartment will only be on one floor within the block of flats or the apartment building.

· Tenure: This means who owns the house. Houses can be owner occupied, which means the people living their own it, council houses which means the government own its, privately rented, which means a private landlord (owner) owns it, or owned by a private organisation (housing association) and rented privately.