The Hoyt (Sector) Model, 1939

• What the Hoyt model shows:

  Sectors of different land use around central CBD

  Suggests that business activity is still within the CBD

  Industry noted to follow particular transport routes

  • High class residential areas developed where there were distinct physical or social attractions e.g. river
  • Lower class were in unfavourable location with less transport links

  
• Improvements from Burgess:

  • More accurate
  • Sectors not rings easier to understand
  • Not linear as transport developed
  • Still apply to urban areas today
  • More realistic industries located around one area
• Criticisms of Hoyt:

  • Class system related - outdated
  • Confusing and difficult to interpret
  • Implies sudden changes
  • Doesn't reference physical landscape