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Background

Their general model claims that Latin American cities are built up around a core CBD. Out of that district comes a commercial spine that is surrounded by elite housing. These areas are then surrounded by three concentric zones of housing that decrease in quality as one moves away from the CBD.

- The Griffin-Ford model was created by Ernst Griffin and Larry Ford in 1980.

- In terms of city structure the Laws of the Indies required that colonial cities have a grid pattern built around a central plaza.

-In terms of city structure the Laws of the Indies required that colonial cities have a grid pattern built around a central plaza.

-Latin American cities also experienced in-migration from the countryside and high birth rates as the poor tried to move closer to cities for work. This resulted in the development of squatter settlements on the edge of many cities.

Griffin-Ford Model

Examples

-Haylee Pierson

Many Latin American cities were based off of this model.

Definition

- A model of the Latin American city showing a blend of tradition elements of Latin American culture with the forces of globalization that are reshaping the urban scene.

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