In the Sector Model, how are land uses organized?

• A. In wedge-shaped sectors radiating from the CBD along transportation routes, with higher-income sectors extending outward.
• B. In concentric rings around the CBD.
• C. Around several centers like port and airport.
• D. Randomly with no clear pattern.

Answer: (C)

In the Sector Model, land uses grow in wedge-shaped sectors that radiate outward from the central business district along major transportation routes. As the city expands, these corridors become zones where different activities cluster: residential, commercial, and sometimes industrial or lower-income areas align along the same outward paths. Wealthier residential sectors often extend farther from the center along the fastest or most convenient routes, creating a pattern of diagonal, radiating bands rather than rings. This differs from the concentric-ring idea where zones form in circular layers around the CBD, and from the multiple-nuclei idea where several separate centers (like a port or airport) anchor distinct activity cores.