to what extent does brent conform to the burgess model

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Thomas Boyce                        10R

Contents

Introduction 3-6

Hypothesis 7

Methods 8-9

Analysis of Kilburn 10-13

Analysis of Willesden Green 14-17

Analysis of Stonebridge 18-21

Analysis of Preston 22-25

Analysis of Kenton 26-30

General results 31

Housing prices 32-33

Conclusion 34

Evaluation 35

Appendix 36-37

To what extent does Brent fit the Burgess model?

In this investigation I will be investigating 5 wards, which have been carefully chosen to go from the south to the north of the borough Brent. I will be investigating these wards to see whether or not Brent fits the Burgess mode therefore to do this I will travel through these 5 wards collecting various types of data.

 

Patterns of land use in cities have often been demonstrated by urban models (theoretical framework). There are three popular types of the urban model. There are the: Hoyt’s sector model, the multiple nuclei model and most well known; the Burgess model.

Urban Models

Burgess model, developed by E.W. Burgess, identified social-ecological zones radiating out from the Central Business District. Ethnic communities, factories, and slums, known as the transition zone, surround the CBD. Outside the transition zone lays a zone of working class housing with higher income residents living in the outer commuter ring.

The Hoyt Sector Model, developed by Homer Hoyt, emerged in 1939 to explain urban growth and expansion and the location of urban land uses. Hoyt recognized that over time a city expanded from the Central Business District along the major transportation lines, such as highways and railroads. This process creates distinctive economic sectors within the city, influenced and contained by the major highways, railroads, and waterways.                    

The multiple nuclei model, Geographers C.D. Harris and E. L. Ullman developed the multiple nuclei model in . According to this model, a city contains more than one CBD. Some activities are attracted to particular area while others try to avoid them. For example, a university may attract well-educated residents, pizzerias, and bookstores, whereas an airport may attract hotels and warehouses. Incompatible land use activities will avoid clustering in the same area, explaining why heavy industry and high-income housing rarely exist in the same neighbourhood.

These models have certain similarities they consist of:

  1. The central business district (CBD): is where there are the most offices and most major transport links go.

  1. Light manufacturing area is where most industrial activities take place

  1. Low class residential: this is were the factory workers in the light manufacturing zone would live because it’s not too long of a journey to work. It contains the poorest segment of the urban population, notably it is where the first generation immigrants live, in the lowest housing conditions.

  1. Inter war period residential zone dominated by the middle class society, this zone has the advantage of being near the major employment areas.

  1. High class housing: Represents higher quality housing linked with longer commuting costs.


Problems with the Burgess model

The Burgess model was founded during the 1940’s in Chicago there does not take into account of the redevelopment of areas which have occurred recently. Therefore, this model is does not tell the complete truth about different areas in London.

The Burgess model over London

From this rough image of the Burgess model and the map of boroughs in London; you can see that Brent comes into the category of the low and medium class residential. Also we see the North and West of Brent are based in the interwar period whereas, the South and East of Brent live in the inner city area.

As I am doing this investigation I find it appropriate to find a brief history on the borough Brent

Brent was formed in 1965 from the area of the former  and  of . Its name derives from the  which runs through the Borough.

According to the 2001 , the Borough of Brent has the country's highest percentage of people born outside of the UK (46.53%). This would be no surprise to anyone who knows the area because brent is a well known multi-cultural society.

Motto; interestingly enough brent has its own motto: “forward together”

Hypotheses:

  1. I expect that as you move from South to North Brent; there will be more semi-detached and detached houses.

  1. I expect as you move from south to North Brent there will be less traffic. I think this is because The South of Brent is closer to the CBD than the North so it is more likely to be more congested because of the jobs and facilities available for people in the city.
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  1. I expect that as you move from South to the North of Brent the houses will be further apart from each other. This is because there should be more space in the North because it further away from the City centre furthermore housing plots will be cheaper as they are further away from the CBD.

  1. I expect as you move from South to North Brent the streets will become less grid like.

  1. I expect that as you move from the South to the North of Brent the environment will be much cleaner ...

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