Urban Burgess Concentric Model — free printable diagram

About this illustration

This flat, cartoon-style illustration depicts a concentric zone model of a city, showing distinct urban layers from the center outwards. It visually represents the Central Business District (CBD) with skyscrapers, followed by the Inner City, Inner Suburbs, Outer Suburbs, and finally the Commuter Zone, each with characteristic buildings, roads, and transportation like trains and buses. This image is ideal for teaching urban geography, human settlements, and city structure models in social studies or geography classes. It can be used for classroom slides to explain urban planning concepts, on worksheets for discussion, or as a reference for labeling exercises. There are no specific cultural or locale cues, making it suitable for a general Western context.

How to use

1. 1Right-click the image and choose “Save image as”, or use the download button.
2. 2Use it in your classroom worksheets, slides or printables — free under CC BY-NC 4.0.
3. 3Attribute as “Image by Kuraplan” or link back to kuraplan.com. Not for commercial resale.