Major North American Conurbations “BOSWASH”
Central Business District:
Historical development of urban areas…
Concentric Ring
Census Tract: Proxy variables: pre-1912 Boundary
Sector Sector Model: Invasion and Succession:
Late 1800s to WWII
Multiple Nuclei Model: Gentrification: Suburbanization:
Population of the MSA
1800s 1920s 1950s… Population Density HI LO CBD HI LO CBD HI LO CBD
COLUMBIA GLEN BURNIE CATONSVILLE RANDALLSTOWN OWINGS MILLS TOWSON DUNDALK ESSEX HUNT VALLEY MULTIPLE NUCLEI Edge Cities Stealth Cities CBDCBD CBD MIDDLE CLASS UNDER CLASS COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSING SUBURBS
Garreau - Edge Cities: Stealth City 1980s… CBDCBD CBD MIDDLE CLASS UNDER CLASS COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSING SUBURBS
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Primary area of Baltimore’s “urban underclass” Urban Underclass: CBDCBD CBD MIDDLE CLASS UNDER CLASS COMMERCIAL FESTIVAL SPACE SUBURBS Slums: HI LO CBD