Geographers and other scholars have developed models to help explain the processes that produce patterns of land use and social structure within cities. One example is the
concentric zone model, as shown in the preceding figure, developed by Ernest Burgess in
1925.
a. Using the legend, identify the zone with the highest arithmetic population
density.
b. Explain ONE process that contributes to the development of the zone of workers'
homes.
c. Explain the role of migration since the 1980s in residential settlement patterns in
North American cities.
d. Explain ONE way that gentrification may cause a city to differ from the
concentric zone model.
e. Explain ONE advantage of locating major financial organizations or cultural
institutions within the central zone of the model.
f. Explain ONE difference between the built environment of the zone of transition
and the commuter zone.
g. Explain ONE weakness of this model in representing the urban structure of
African cities.