Sector Model

-Developed in 1939 by land economist Homer Hoyt.
-City develops in a series of sectors, not rings with certain areas more attractive for different activities
-Center is the Central Business District and as the city grows, activities expand in a wedge, or sector, from the center
-Once district with "high-class" housing is established, the most expensive houses is built on the outer edge of that district further from the center
-Industrial and retailing activities develop in other sectors, as well as low-class and middle-class residential sectors
-Example of Chicago, Hoyt argued that the best housing is developed north from the CBD along Lake Michigan, while industry was located along the major rail lines and roads to the northwest, south, and southwest