What is the Activity-Based Transect?
The Activity-Based Transect is a diagnostic tool for understanding community form. The Activity-Based Transect can be read from left to right as a progression from rural highlands and agricultural areas through towns and suburbs to a central city, then to the port industry and seaside towns of the New Jersey shore. The transect, along with the activity patterns, helps to identify the main characteristics of each place type, visualize the types of development appropriate at each scale, demonstrate how different pieces fit together, and determine which activities might take place there.
