Describe Christaller’s central place theory in detail.
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Central place theory is a geographical theory that seeks to explain the number, size and location of human settlements in a residential system. The theory was created by the German geographer Walter Christaller, who asserted that settlements simply functioned as 'central places' providing services to surrounding areas.
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Chrystaller Central Place Theory
Chrystaller Central Place Theory was first proposed in the 1930s by German geographer Walter Christaller, based on his studies of southern Germany.
1)August Losch in Germany and Brian Berry and others in the U.S further developed concepts during the 1950s.
2)The theory applies most clearly in regions such as the Great Plains, which are neither heavily industrialized nor interrupted by major physical features such as rivers or mountain ranges.
3)Central Place Theory (CPT) is an attempt to explain the spatial arrangement, size, and number of settlements.
4)In the flat landscape of southern Germany Chrystaller noticed that towns of a certain size were roughly equidistant.
5)By examining and defining the functions of the settlement structure and the size of the hinterland he found it possible to model the pattern of settlement locations using geometric shapes.
Assumptions
Chrystaller made a number of assumptions such as:
All areas have:
1)an isotropic (all flat) surface
2)an evenly distributed population
3)evenly distributed resources
4)similar purchasing power of all consumers and consumers will patronize nearest market
5)no excess profits (Perfect competition) consumers are of the same income level and same shopping behavior
6)Uniform transport network that permitted direct travel from each settlement to the other
7)Transport cost is proportional to distance traveled in example, the longer the distance travelled, the higher the transport cost