GEO 106 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 - Form and Structure of the city
25 Jan 2012
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Geo106 chapter 10: form and structure of the city: approaching the grand design. Improvement in rent paying ability could be gained by increasing density, intensity, accessibility, status. Bid rent and residential choice behaviour y people will attempt to maximize their utility . Increase of social overhead capital schools, hospitals, welfare nets etc: overall increase in the economic and psychological sophistication of the city, daily life spaces for the city figure 10. 13 on page 245. The hoyt sectoral model y two principle factors: need for specialized facilities by some activities such as docks or large scale water supplied for each industry would create a nucleus. the propensity of certain activities with similar characteristics and needs to cluster together would create nuclei. the ability of certain activities to pay high bid rents for desirable sites would tend to create, especially, clusters of commercial activity: centrifugal forces (pushing things apart)
