Cities and Urban Land Use

The Basics

  1. Development and characters of cities
  2. Models of urban hierarchies: reasons for the distribution and size of cities
  3. Models of internal city structure and urban development: strengths and limitations of models
  4. Built environment and social space
  5. Contemporary urban issues

Geographers to Know

John Borchert- Stages of Evolution

Walter Christaller- Central Place Theory

Chauncey Harris/EL Ullman- Multiple Nuclei Model

Homer Hoyt- Sector Model

T.G. McGee- Southeast Asian Land Use Model