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Briefly describe the sector model for the internal social structure of cities.
 
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The U.S. government paid 90 percent of the cost of limited-access
 
  A) nuclear-powered passenger ships and barges.
  B) major airports to support the struggling airline industry.
  C) subway and light rail systems in urban areas.
  D) high-speed interstate highways.
  E) passenger trains.



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Answer: The sector model was developed by economist Homer Hoyt in 1939. According to this model, the city develops in a series of sectors. As a city grows, activities expand outward in a wedge, or sector, from the center. Hoyt mapped the highest-rent areas for a number of U.S. cities at different times and showed that the highest social-class district usually remained in the same sector, although it moved farther out along that sector over time.

Once a district with high-class housing is established, the most expensive new housing is built on the outer edge of that district, farther out from the center. The best housing is therefore found in a corridor extending from downtown to the outer edge of the city. Industrial and retailing activities develop in other sectors, usually along good transportation lines.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D



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