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Sub-Saharan African City Model
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Critique
Questions
-the ethnic hoods reflect the tribalism that exists
-the mining and manufacturing areas reflect the nature of the types of jobs found in African cities
-the informal satellite townships means the poor who have moved in close to the city
-the lack of any other class getting mentioned reflects the poverty of the area
Sub-Saharan African City Model
- Who is the founder of the model?
- Harm De Blij
- How many CBD'S does a city consist of?
- 3
- What are the outer most part of the cities called?
- Informal Satellite Townships
Founder of the Model
Model also known as the De Blij Model, named after its founder Harm De Blij
By Andrew Evans
("De_Blij_Harm")
In the Beginning..
Works Cited
- African City Model FV." : African City Model FV. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2016.
- "De_Blij_Harm | AAG." De_Blij_Harm | AAG. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Apr. 2016.
- Sub-Saharan Africa had countries with some of the world's lowest level of urbanization .
- Most countries in the tropics were under 40% urbanized and countries outside the tropics only 57% urbanized.
Sub-Saharan African City Model
Studies in African cities show that most of these cities consist of not one but 3 CBD'S.
("African City Model")
Explaining the Model
- Most of the time around the three main CBD'S is the ethnic and mixed neighborhoods. People have strong ethnic identities there.
- Around ethnic neighborhoods, mining and manufacturing zone comes next.
- On the outer part of cities are the informal satellite townships. In this area people make homes anywhere. There are mostly poor neighborhoods here.
("African City Model")
Significance of Model
In the Beginning...
The model shows the structure of an African city and how everything revolves around the CBD'S
South Africa's major cities remain urbanized with high rise CBD's and upper income suburbs
("African City Model")