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The galactic city model, also known as the peripheral model, was created in the s by Chauncy Harris who also co-authored the multiple nuclei model. Based on the city of Detroit, Michigan, the galactic city model shows a city that’s been taken over by a car based living and has been affected by urban sprawl. It has a rapidly growing suburb, and an increasing number of edge cities. A city that is based on this model is very decentralized, this is again due to urban sprawl.
A view of the Galactic City Model made with Google Sketchup.
In the center of the model is the CBD or central business district, it is where commercial businesses and companies locate. However, in this model, the CBD is very decentralized and empty due to the urban to suburban migration. Entertainment businesses and other services have moved out into the suburbs along with the urban to suburban migration too. These businesses concentrate in edge cities which are located at highway junctions. Large shopping centers are also located outside the CBD, usually they are spread out in the suburbs where the people are. Low income residents of the suburbs live near the industrial districts which are al
Harris, Chauncy D(ennison)
OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for CA sketch: Born January 31, , in Logan, UT; died of cancer, December 26, , in Hyde Park, IL. Geographer, educator, and author. Harris was a prominent geographer best known for his work in researching the geography of the former Soviet Union. A brilliant student, he earned his A.B. from Brigham Young University in ; a Rhodes Scholar, he completed a second bachelor's degree at Oxford University in , an M.A. there in , and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in ; he also studied for a year at the London School of Economics. His teaching career began at Indiana University in , and he taught at the University of Nebraska from to Harris's academic work was interrupted by World War II, when he was enlisted by the Office of Strategic Services (the forerunner of the CIA) to work in the Office of the Geographer. In this capacity, Harris, holding the rank of Army lieutenant, lent his expertise to the important work of gathering data from captured German maps. It was about this time that he became interested in the Soviet Union, about which little geography data had been collected in the United States. Joining the University
Chauncy Harris, noted geographer
Chauncy D. Harris, the Samuel N. Harper Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Geography, who was both a pioneering geographer of the Soviet Union and a leader in other fields of the discipline, including political, economic and urban geography, died Friday, Dec. 26, in his Hyde Park home. He was A memorial service is planned for Sunday, Jan.
In addition to his research career, he also served in many senior administrative positions at the University. He served as Dean of the Division of Social Sciences from to , Chairman of Non-Western and International Programs from to , Director of the Center for International Studies from to , Assistant to the President from to , and Vice-President for Academic Resources from to
Harris was born in Logan, Utah, and graduated at age 19 with a B.A. from Brigham Young University in That same year, he enrolled at Chicago and then studied as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University, where he received B.A. and M.A degrees at the London School of Economics. He received a Ph.D. from Chicago in
Harris began his career with a strong interest in cities. His doctoral dissertation, &#;Salt Lake City: A Regional Cap
Chauncy Harris
A former president of the AAG, Chauncy Dennison Harris, was at the time of his death on December 26, the Samuel N. Harper Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. Awarded a Rhodes scholarship in , he studied geography at Oxford and the London School of Economics and then completed his training at the University of Chicago where he received the Ph.D. degree in His dissertation study of Salt Lake City was an early example of urban as opposed to rural or environmental focus in American geography. After wartime service in the Department of State and OSS, Professor Harris returned to the University of Chicago where he remained for the rest of his career. His early publications on urban functions and industrial location in the United States resulted in prompt recognition by the geographical profession and rapid promotion at the University of Chicago. While still in military service in Washington, he began to study Russian and developed what would be a life-long interest in the Soviet Union. The extraordinarily rapid urbanization of the USSR was the focus of many articles and his much acclaimed book &#;Cities of the Soviet Union,&#; publis
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