Which model explains growth in sectors along transportation corridors, rather than rings?

Which model explains growth in sectors along transportation corridors, rather than rings?

• A. Hoyt Sector Model
• B. Harris-Ullman
• C. Latin American City Model
• D. Greenbelt

Answer: (A)

Think of a city expanding along its transportation routes. The sector model explains growth in wedge-shaped sectors that radiate out from the central business district along major transit corridors (like rail lines and main roads). As the city grows, these corridors attract development—residential, commercial, and sometimes industrial—because accessibility lowers costs and land near the corridor becomes prime for certain uses. So you get pie-slice patterns of development extending outward, not rings around the center. This directional, corridor-based growth is what the sector model captures, distinguishing it from concentric-ring patterns or models with multiple centers.

Think of a city expanding along its transportation routes. The sector model explains growth in wedge-shaped sectors that radiate out from the central business district along major transit corridors (like rail lines and main roads). As the city grows, these corridors attract development—residential, commercial, and sometimes industrial—because accessibility lowers costs and land near the corridor becomes prime for certain uses. So you get pie-slice patterns of development extending outward, not rings around the center. This directional, corridor-based growth is what the sector model captures, distinguishing it from concentric-ring patterns or models with multiple centers.