Chauncey Harris’ Peripheral Model
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Chauncey Harris’ Peripheral Model • Peripheral Model (similar to Urban Realms) – Urban area = • Inner CBD • Suburbs (different income levels) surround CBD (these suburbs turn into..?) • Offices, malls, etc. mixed in to service people • All tied together by “BELTWAYS” • Density gradient (amount of land & people on it) decreases as distance from CBD increases - extensive v. intensive • Benefits from suburban life? – Less crime – Better education – More individual space (large house, yard, garage) – Less traffic • Problems? – Urban sprawl – Creates segregation (zoning laws)
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Chauncey Harris’ Peripheral Model. Peripheral Model (similar to Urban Realms) Urban area = Inner CBD Suburbs (different income levels) surround CBD (these suburbs turn into..?) Offices, malls, etc. mixed in to service people All tied together by “BELTWAYS” - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Chauncey Harris’ Peripheral Model• Peripheral Model (similar to Urban Realms)
– Urban area =• Inner CBD • Suburbs (different income levels) surround CBD (these suburbs turn into..?)• Offices, malls, etc. mixed in to service people• All tied together by “BELTWAYS”
• Density gradient (amount of land & people on it) decreases as distance from CBD increases
- extensive v. intensive• Benefits from suburban life?
– Less crime– Better education– More individual space (large house, yard, garage)– Less traffic
• Problems?– Urban sprawl– Creates segregation (zoning laws)
Peripheral Model of Urban Areas
The central city is surrounded by a ring road (beltway), around whichare suburban areas and edge cities, shopping malls, office parks,
industrial areas, and service complexes.
Urban Styles Around the WorldAmerican v. European cities
– Rich Americans → suburbs– Rich Europeans → CBD w/ rural country homes
– Poor Americans → city in low density, dispersed government housing (less funded over time)
– Poor Europeans → “high density” suburbs near the city (high-rise subsidized housing - concentrations of poor people create MAJOR problems)
– Only 2% of USA in government housing; More of Europe (30%)
Peripheral Urban Areas• Most LDCs put poor in suburbs & rich in CBD • Griffin-Ford (Latin American) Model = CBD with
wheel-like spokes• Often grid-like organization with central plaza &
boulevard (Spanish influence)• Squatter settlements (a.k.a. favela, barrio, slum,
shantytown, bustee, kampongs,…“disamenity sector”) in suburbs start as illegal, temporary squatters on the periphery/city’s edge – 2009 FRQ
http://www.gapminder.org/videos/a-slum-insight/
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1326187/Las-Vegas-tunnel-people-How-1-000-people-live-shimmering-strip.html
Griffin-Ford Model – Latin American Cities
Transition
Squatter Settlements (disamenity sectors, favelas, barrios, slums, shanty towns…)
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/urban.slums/index.html?hpt=Sbin
Want to live here!
2005 FRQ
• Urban renewal = urban revitalization• Urban hierarchy = urban system
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/_ap05_frq_human_geogr_45433.pdf
Last AP Human Geography Slide EVER!
