Concentric zone model

Key (from outside to inside)
  Commuter zone (outer ring)
  Residential zone
  Working class zone
  Factory zone

The concentric zone model, also known as the Burgess model or the CCD model, is one of the earliest theoretical models to explain urban social structures. It was created by sociologist Ernest Burgess in 1925.

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