Low Class or High Talent?

Source: Author's Photograph (Houses along the Lady Young Road to Port of Spain).

       According to the UN HABITAT (2003), "there are many factors influencing where people live and their access to housing options. What should also be clear is that these options are quite variable and that inequalities exists in access to housing. A key issue facing cities is that not all the people who want a home have access to one that adequately meets their needs. Globally, the scale of the problem is enormous with the United Nations estimating that over 100 million people lack any home, while over one billion reside in sub-standard and insecure accommodation with no services."
      The photo above was taken along the Lady Young Road into Port of Spain, generally i took the picture to highlight the very artistic 'Christmas tree' at the far left of the photo. It was made of old CD's, and i taught yea, genius, what a cool way to recycle. After reviewing the photo i then realized that a child may have made it, and this child may be living in one of the homes along side it. From the outside it seemed broken, made with bits of board and galvanize here and there. Sad i taught, that people would have to live here. This shows that no matter where you come from its about what you can bring to the table.
       Areas like these would fall under Burgess' (1925)  third zone of Low-class residential in his concentric zone model of the city. In terms of Hoyt's (1939) sector model it would fall under the third sector which is also Low-class residential. This zone or sector basically houses the less fortunate in the city, generally i t is located just outside of the city's Central Business District, the close proximity ensures cheap accommodation, low travel cost and hopefully employment.

I chose a song to represent my photo today, by artist Babycham called Ghetto Story. Enjoy.
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnaGvIT0eY

Sources

• Hall, T. and Heather, B. (2012), Urban Geography,(4th edition). Oxon: Routledge. pg 40-41, 274.
• UN HABITAT (2003) The Challenge of slums, London: Earthscan.