Urban_Ecology

Urban Ecology There are many different theories regarding the study of urban ecology and the development, in particular of American cities. Throughout the years different theories have evolved. The concentric zone theory came first, followed by the sector theory, multiple nuclei theory, and others. When we more recently examined these older theories and applied them to modern cities different ways of studying the ecologies arose. Social area analysis, factorial ecology, and the Synthesis Theory were some of the theories that arose out of this modern thinking. Our hometown of Cleveland falls under many of these theories and modern ideas throughout its urban development. The Concentric Zone Theory was the basis of most of the theories present. The basics of it are present throughout almost all cities of the American landscape. The basic theory is that cities grow like a tree with rings spreading outward. A central business district lies in the middle. The next outlying ring would be ghetto and poor areas. Surrounding this would be transitional housing between poor and middle class. Next would be middle class housing. Surrounding that is more upper class homes, and commuters. This basic theory, cities, city, theories, areas, urban, social, ecology, new, business, throughout, suburbs, poor, modern, area, american, nuclei, next, factors, districts, district, development, concentric, cleveland, arose, analysis, years, together, synthesis, surrounding, study, similar, sector, outlying