Urban diversity refers to an
mélange of culture, language, gender, race, ethnicity, class and wealth in
areas with a growing population. (Kihate et al, 2010) Urban areas are
constantly evolving and expanding, thus creating a wide network of urban
processes. In Trinidad, there are several areas where this is seen, including
cities such as Port-of-Spain (capital city) and San Fernando, as well as towns
such as Tunapuna and, in the case of this study, Chaguanas.
Chaguanas, home of Nobel Prize-winner and British author Sir V. S. Naipaul, rapidly became an urban area during the 20th century when there was an influx of a middle-class community. Many relocated to Chaguanas due to its accessibility to affordable homes and its convenient location. Over time the area has become increasingly populated by both Afro-Trinidadians and Indo-Trinidadians, which resulted in the formation of residential housing and middle-class to upper middle-class communities along the outskirts of the Central Business District (CBD).
Pictured above is Chaguanas Main Road, which is the nucleus of economic and social activity carried out in the Borough of Chaguanas. The Chaguanas Main Road is, for all intents and purposes, the CBD of the urban area. As seen with all urban models all included factors, for example the zones of varying classes and the industrial areas, are in relation to the CBD. In the case of this town, Hoyt’s model of the industrial city (1939) will be used for analysis, where some of the zones radiate directly from the CBD rather than the simple concentric circles used for representation of said zones, in previous models.
References:
"BBC - GCSE Bitesize: The Burgess and Hoyt Model." BBC News. BBC. Web. 6 Feb. 2015. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/urban_environments/urban_models_medcs_rev1.shtml>.
Hall, Peter. "Modelling the Post-industrial City." Futures 29.4-5 (1997): 311-22. Print.
Kihato, Caroline, Blair Ruble, and Mejgan Massoumi. Urban Diversity: Space, Culture, and Inclusive Pluralism in Cities Worldwide. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center ;, 2010. Print.
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| Photograph taken by Kristen Goseine, with Canon EOS REBEL T3i/EOS 600D. (Date taken: 03/02/15) |
Chaguanas, home of Nobel Prize-winner and British author Sir V. S. Naipaul, rapidly became an urban area during the 20th century when there was an influx of a middle-class community. Many relocated to Chaguanas due to its accessibility to affordable homes and its convenient location. Over time the area has become increasingly populated by both Afro-Trinidadians and Indo-Trinidadians, which resulted in the formation of residential housing and middle-class to upper middle-class communities along the outskirts of the Central Business District (CBD).
Pictured above is Chaguanas Main Road, which is the nucleus of economic and social activity carried out in the Borough of Chaguanas. The Chaguanas Main Road is, for all intents and purposes, the CBD of the urban area. As seen with all urban models all included factors, for example the zones of varying classes and the industrial areas, are in relation to the CBD. In the case of this town, Hoyt’s model of the industrial city (1939) will be used for analysis, where some of the zones radiate directly from the CBD rather than the simple concentric circles used for representation of said zones, in previous models.
References:
"BBC - GCSE Bitesize: The Burgess and Hoyt Model." BBC News. BBC. Web. 6 Feb. 2015. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/urban_environments/urban_models_medcs_rev1.shtml>.
Hall, Peter. "Modelling the Post-industrial City." Futures 29.4-5 (1997): 311-22. Print.
Kihato, Caroline, Blair Ruble, and Mejgan Massoumi. Urban Diversity: Space, Culture, and Inclusive Pluralism in Cities Worldwide. Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center ;, 2010. Print.
Could you have provided us a map of Chaguanas with the locations of these blog observations?
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