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Peripheral Urban Areas. Most LDCs put poor in suburbs & rich in CBD Griffin-Ford (Latin American) Model = CBD with wheel-like spokes Often grid-like organization with central plaza & boulevard (Spanish influence)
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Peripheral Urban Areas Most LDCs put poor in suburbs & rich in CBD Griffin-Ford (Latin American) Model = CBD with wheel-like spokes Often grid-like organization with central plaza & boulevard (Spanish influence) Squatter settlements (a.k.a. favela, barrio, slum, shantytown, bustee, kampongs,…“disamenity sector”) in suburbs start as illegal, temporary squatters on the periphery/city’s edge
Griffin-Ford Model – Latin American Cities Transition
Squatter Settlements (disamenity sectors, favelas, barrios, slums, shanty towns…) Want to live here! http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/11/18/urban.slums/index.html?hpt=Sbin