3 Theoretical Landscapes

Theoretical Landscapes M C Escher – Day and Night

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Some geographers have tried to use models to explain settlement patterns. Just like with the migration models we analysed earlier in the course we should try to make a judgement about the effectiveness of each approach. Do they help us understand and explain what we can observe? Where do mountains, rivers, political barriers, personal preferences, individual behaviour, railway lines and motorways fit in these models? Is there a danger of us trying to fit reality to the models? Do these models give us an objective method with which reality can be tested?

M C Escher Print Gallery Do we see reality or just a representation of reality?

Central Place Theory - Walter Christaller (1933) Nearest Neighbour Index – P.J. Clarke (1954) Rank-Size Rule – George Zipf (1949) Gravity Model - William Reilly, Law of Retail Gravitation (1931) Here are our models…

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Central Place Theory - Walter Christaller (1933) Nearest Neighbour Index – P.J. Clarke (1954) Rank-Size Rule – George Zipf (1949) Gravity Model - William Reilly, Law of Retail Gravitation (1931) Integrated Approach 402 – 411 Nagle 252 – 257, 291

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