GATE 2021 AR – Question 20

Planning History, Theory and Techniques · Urban growth models · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Which urban land-use model represents a polycentric city?

Burgess model
Harris and Ullman model
Hägerstrand model
Homer Hoyt model

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Correct answer: (B) Harris and Ullman model

Explanation

Harris and Ullman’s multiple-nuclei model uses several activity centres, making it polycentric, B. Burgess is the concentric-zone model and Hoyt the sector model. Multiple nuclei differ from a single dominant-centre arrangement.

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