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Walter Christaller: Hierarchical Patterns of Urbanisation
Contributed by Pragya Agarwal
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rights_description Copyright � 2001 by Regents of University of California, Santa Barbara  
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resource_type Narrative Text 
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metametadata_contributor_entity David Fearon, fear@umail.ucsb.edu 
metametadata_contributor_date 2002-10-28 
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learning_time 1:00:00 
keywords Central Place theory, urban growth models, CPT, transportation, August Losch, Alfred Weber, Von Thunen, centralization, marketing, facility /industrial location, locational network, systems of cities, regional economics, urban hierarchies 
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description classic: describes Walter Christaller�s development of Central Place Theory to model the size and distribution of urban locations, in terms of hierarchical development of settlements around a central nucleus including industrial location, marketing, transportation, and services. 
CSISS_interest_area transportation,facility /industrial location,Central Place theory,urban hierarchies,location-allocation 
CSISS_discipline Economics,Geography,Urban Studies 
contributor_role_1 Author 
contributor_entity_1 Pragya Agarwal 
contributor_date_1 2002-09-11 
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