11
QuizMultiple Choice

Urban Planning and Design

Question 11 • CSD Summer 2026 Human Geography

Which model for city growth states that cities grow outward along transportation routes, forming shapes like spokes on a wheel?

Answer
A
the Burgess model
B
the Hoyt model
C
the Jenson model
D
the multiple nuclei model

Explanation

The Hoyt model, also called the sector model, describes cities expanding outward in wedge-shaped sectors along transportation routes such as railways and roads. These sectors create a pattern like spokes extending from the city center. The Burgess model instead describes growth in concentric rings.

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