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Application of Hoyt'S Sector Model On Birmingham City

1. Birmingham city resembles Hoyt's sector model, with a central business district surrounded by concentric circles of land use, including factories in the city center, working class housing, and high rent neighborhoods along communication lines on the periphery. 2. The multiple nuclei model describes a city with a central business district surrounded by zones of commercial and industrial uses as well as high, middle, and low income residential areas. 3. Bahawalpur City's layout partly matches this model, with a central business district surrounded by zones including high class residential areas, medium class housing, low class housing and slums, government offices, and industrial areas.

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Application of Hoyt'S Sector Model On Birmingham City

1. Birmingham city resembles Hoyt's sector model, with a central business district surrounded by concentric circles of land use, including factories in the city center, working class housing, and high rent neighborhoods along communication lines on the periphery. 2. The multiple nuclei model describes a city with a central business district surrounded by zones of commercial and industrial uses as well as high, middle, and low income residential areas. 3. Bahawalpur City's layout partly matches this model, with a central business district surrounded by zones including high class residential areas, medium class housing, low class housing and slums, government offices, and industrial areas.

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APPLICATION OF HOYTS SECTOR MODEL ON

BIRMINGHAM CITY
Birmingham city resembles Hoyts Sector Model. It has a CBD (central
business district) in the middle. Spatial arrangement in the form of different
sectors and indication of concentric circles as in case of Hoyts model.
Factories were located in the heart of the city, and much of the working
population was concentrated in cramped and dense back-to-back housing
developments. Small workshops and production units located next to
residential quarters. Initially a mix of land uses developed in the city centre
and then, as the city expanded outward, it extend along sectors. High rent
neighbourhoods followed communication lines and towards open country.
Low income people occupied the old and deteriorated housing vacated by
the wealthy as they moved towards better areas. Old historic housing
remained in the centre and new expensive housing built on the periphery of
the city, therefore some concentric zoning occurred.
As we progress
outwards we can see that there are factories and industry which is also part
of the Hoyt model and again as we progress even more outwards we can see
houses that are around for many years but they gradually become more
modern. High-class housing developed in the outskirts of the city.

Fig Birmingham City Map

APPLICATION OF MULTI-NUCLEI MODEL ON BAHAWALPUR


CITY
The Multiple nuclei model was put forward by Harris and Ullman in
1945 in their article The Nature of Cities. This model describes the layout of
a city or land use in groups form linked with specific activities or functions.
This model explicitly recognizes the multi nodal quality of urban growth in
cities. Central business district (CBD) is in the center of the city and around it
wholesale, light manufacturing; Low, middle and high class residential areas;
Heavy manufacturing; Outlying business district; Residential suburbs and
industrial suburbs are located respectively. Based on this model, similar
industries with common land use and financial requirement are established
near each other and this clustering influences their immediate neighborhood
with the development of a number of nuclei or nodes indicating the levels of
the citys growth.
Bahawalpur Citys land use partly resembles in the actual layout of the
city exhibited in the Multi-Nuclei model. By making the compatibility
comparison with a map it is clears that this model and map of Bahawalpur
city have approximately same groups or zones of residential and commercial
agglomerations.

Fig - Outline Development/Zoning Plan of Bahawalpur City

As exhibited in model, the central business district (CBD) is located


most inner and congested part of the Bahawalpur city and also known as the
old city. Various commercial activities with wholesaling and retailing business
are carried out here in specialized Bazars with multiple commodities and
stuffs. These Bazars have comprised with typical structured Mohallas
(Specific old settlements) with narrow streets. Wholesale and retail business
mainly congested in and around the old city across the circular road as
portrayed in the model, but unlikely the light manufacturing is not so
prominent. Among high class residential areas of the city, Model town is
adjacent to the old city and many recently developed colonies mostly in
fringing areas of the city as depicted in the model. These colonies housed
high income groups of the society i.e. bureaucrats, politicians, professionals
etc. and are well managed by the concerned authorities. Medium class
residential areas are mainly in western and northern parts of the city. These
colonies housed with middle class income group, i.e. Businessmen, teachers,
lawyers etc. Low class residential and slums can be observed in northern and
southern parts of the old city as portrayed in the model. Residential areas
along with public places like government offices, hospitals, official
residences, and educational institutions are situated mostly in southern and

western part of the core city. The civil police line exists at the western side of
the old city.
Cantonment area found in the southern part of the city and managed
by Cantonment Board. Semi-arid suburbs found in southern and western
parts of the city as depicted in the model and are gradually becoming thickly
populated. Manufacturing city yet few agro based, heavy and light Since
Bahawalpur city is not a renowned industrial and industrial units exist in
northern and western part of the city respectively as depicted in the model.
Commercial centers are mainly observed along with road network as
demonstrated in model. Apart, many other nodes marked with specialized
functions are also being developed at fringing areas of the city i.e. district
hospital and drug testing laboratory in northeastern part, Baghdad-ul-jadeed
campus of The Islamia University in southeastern part, new fruit and
vegetable market in south western part, grain market in Model town, timber
market alongside old city, bus terminals on north of the core city, shopping
plazas, marriage lawns, new private housing schemes in fringing areas.
Thus, the true application of this model is not fully appropriate for the
cities like Bahawalpur except some exceptions in the structure of the city.
Land uses and outlying structure are also varying from the land uses found in
Bahawalpur city. In short, the multiple nuclei model has some fair application
regarding the layout of the Bahawalpur city.

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