Urban Landuse Models

- Based on British experience

Classic industrial city 1850s

(Source: Konx and Pinch 2000 – Urban Social Geography)

Industrial city 1945-1975

The post-industrial city

Mann’s

Concentric

Circles and

Sector Model

Mann’s Model • A British Urban Land Use Model.

• A combination of the ideas of Burgess and Hoyt with

both concentric rings and sectors.

• Based on Sheffield, Nottingham and Huddersfield.

• The role of the prevailing wind is important.

Mann’s Model –

Limitations and Advantages • Once again there is no reference to the physical landscape.

• No acknowledgement of the multiple centres in Harris and Ullman’s model.

• Does not forsee the advent of reurbanisation that is happening today with the regeneration of decaying old industrial centres.

BUT

• Takes in the role of council estates in the suburbs.

• Notes the influence of environmental factors.

• Makes a model more specific to the UK .

ROBSON’S MODEL

Robson, Arthur J. “Two Models of Urban Air Pollution” Journal of

Urban Economics, Vol. 3 Issue 3 (July, 1976) pp. 264 - 284