Which urban model represents the post-industrial city with dispersed business districts and decentralization of the commercial landscape?

• A. Hoyt Sector Model
• B. Galactic City Model
• C. Greenbelt
• D. Favela

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is how a mature, service- and knowledge-based city often restructures itself around multiple centers rather than a single downtown. The Galactic City Model captures this by showing a core city surrounded by several edge cities—suburban business districts that form along highways and major corridors. In this view, offices, shopping, and other services spread out into these peripheral centers, creating a polycentric metropolis where the old central business district remains important but is no longer the sole hub of activity. Transportation networks link these nodes, reinforcing dispersed growth and the decentralization of commercial space.

This fits a post-industrial pattern where economic activity concentrates in multiple destinations across the metropolitan area, rather than remaining anchored in one central core. In contrast, the Hoyt Sector Model envisions growth expanding in wedges from the center along transportation routes but still centered on the core influence; the Greenbelt emphasizes limiting urban sprawl with controlled green space around a city, and Favela refers to informal settlements, not a formal urban structure model.