In the late 1930s, Homer
Hoyt’s sector model (B)
was published, partly as
an answer to the
drawbacks of Burgess’
concentric zone model.
As technology dealing
with transportation and
communication was
improving, growth
alone created more of a
pie-shaped urban
structure. Hoyt
discovered that land
rent (for residential,
commercial, or
industrial) could remain
consistent all the way
from the CBD to the
city’s outer edg