Concentric zone model — Commuter zone … Wikipedia
ring roads — A ring road is a circulation axis permitting high speed traffic around a city to avoid interfering with inner city traffic. A number of Chinese cities have adopted a road network comprising several high speed ring roads and radial roads. Networks … Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture
concentric zone theory — A diagram of the ecological structure which, in the words of its author, ‘represents an ideal construction of the tendencies of any … city to expand radially from its central business district’ (, The City, 1925). The theory posits concentric… … Dictionary of sociology
Balo concentric sclerosis — Classification and external resources Typical aspects of Baló s concentric sclerosis. (a) Original case of Baló; several anastomoses are located in the lower half of the lesion. (b) Lesion centered by a veinule showing ring fragmentation in a… … Wikipedia
Zone of transition — is the area between the factory zone and the working class zone in the Concentric zone model of urban structure devised by Ernest Burgess. The zone of transition is an area of flux where the land use is changing. In the Core frame model showing… … Wikipedia
Ernest Burgess — Ernest Watson Burgess (16 mai 1886 – 27 décembre 1966), canadien d origine, est un sociologue urbain dont l œuvre initie, pour une part, ce que l on appellera l École de Chicago. Bien que né à Tilbury dans l’Ontario, Burgess s expatrie assez… … Wikipédia en Français
Burgess, Earnest — an American sociologist who proposed the concentric ring model of urban land use. Based on Chicago, the model was developed by applying ecological rules and relationships to the behaviour of people in creating their urban areas … Geography glossary
Midtown — Contents 1 Places 1.1 In cities 1.2 Other places 2 Other … Wikipedia
Inner city — The inner city is the central area of a major city or metropolis. In the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Ireland, the term is often applied to the poorer parts of the city centre and is sometimes used as a euphemism with the connotation … Wikipedia
Santa Cruz de la Sierra — Infobox City official name = Santa Cruz de la Sierra native name = Santa Cruz nickname = motto = imagesize = 240px image caption = image image shield = image blank emblem = Escudo Santa Cruz de la Sierra.jpg mapsize = 150px map caption = pushpin… … Wikipedia
