Advantages And Disadvantages Of Hoyt Model

GEO 291
Session 2016-17

THE HOYT SECTOR MODEL

Submitted To : Name : Pranil Pradhan
Dr. Mohan Kumar Bera Section : C1403 Roll No. : A09 Reg. No.: 11401321
INTRODUCTION
With passing time urban areas have become increasingly complicated. Each urban area has a variety of functions. The manner in which the humans use the land changes throughout the urban area due to the different activities that take place. With time, a number of models have been created based on studies to identify

It moves from its point of origin near the Central Business District(CBD), along established routes of travel, toward another nucleus of high-rent buildings.
2. It will progress toward high ground or along waterfronts, when these areas are not used for industry.
3. It will move along the route of fastest transportation.
4. It will move toward open space.

Advantages of the Sector Model:
• It looks at the effect of transport and communication links.
• Numerous cities do seem to have followed this model.If turned 90 degrees anti-clockwise, the Hoyt model fits the city of Newcastle upon Tyne reasonably accurately.
• Pie shaped wedges made by Hoyt compensated for the drawbacks of the Ring model.
• Though not perfect it takes into account the lines of growth.
• It allows for an outward progression of growth.
Limitations:
• There is no reference to out of town development.
• There is no reference to the physical environment.
• The theory is based on nineteenth century transport and does not make allowances for private cars that enable commuting from cheaper land outside city boundaries. This occurred in Calgary in the 1930s when many near-slums were put up in the outskirts of the city but close to the termini of the street car lines. These are now applied into the boundary of the city but are pockets of low cost housing in medium cost

We have seen the various plus and minuses of the Hoyt model and how appreciably it has fit in the real city scenarios like Chicago and many other urban cities. But on a broader perspective we have to keep in mind that the land models we are familiar with were designed based on studies in the 1920s when the transportation and technologies were not much advanced. So although the benefits and simplicity that comes with the sector model we cannot relate them with the present scenarios where the use of cars and vehicles have changed and influenced the living styles. So as in the Burgess and Hoyt model the more crowded and busy places were the ones with the easiest access and low costs, the present 21st century scenario is different where people even living in the outskirts of the city living at much cheaper costs can access the inner busy part of the city. The Sector model surely has had an extensive application in the 20th century with many famous cities having followed or resembled the model but we cannot keep relating these models with present modernised cities. With passing time, changes occur in every field and we have to adapt with them and same is the case with the land use models. We have to look forward towards new land use patterns and newer factors affecting