WOLFRAM|DEMONSTRATIONS PROJECT

Location Theory - Land Use Determination

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commercial
industrial I
residential
industrial II
agricultural
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The projection of the bid rent curve on an area reveals the classic Residential-Commercial-Industrial (RCI) zoning model of urban planning. This example enlarges on this idea by assuming the central commercial business district is surrounded by a concentric ring of light industrial (Industrial I), then a ring of residential, then another ring of heavy industrial (Industrial II), then agricultural.