How do Burgess's concentric zone model and Hoyt's sector model differ in explaining urban land use?

• A. Burgess posits wedges around a CBD; Hoyt suggests concentric rings.
• B. Burgess and Hoyt both describe random, unstructured urban growth.
• C. Burgess's model explains rings around the CBD; Hoyt's explains wedge sectors radiating from the center along transport corridors.
• D. Burgess focuses on primary economic activities; Hoyt focuses on secondary activities.

Answer: (C)

These models show two different ways cities organize land use around the center. Burgess imagines the city growing outward in concentric rings: the central business district at the core, followed by zones that gradually change in use and social character as you move farther from the center. Hoyt, on the other hand, sees land use expanding in wedge-shaped sectors that radiate from the center along transportation routes and corridors, so certain sectors become residential, commercial, or industrial based on accessibility and path of travel.

So the statement that Burgess describes rings around the CBD and Hoyt describes wedge sectors radiating from the center along transport corridors captures the main difference between the models. The other options misrepresent the patterns (concentric rings vs wedges), suggest random growth, or focus on economic activity terms that aren’t the defining contrast between these models.