GEOG 3LT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Central Place Theory, Location Theory, Distance Decay
14 Aug 2015
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Today, economics geography operates at all levels of scientific inquiry: description, understanding and prescription. Such studies focused on a particular place or industry (i. e. case studies. Which occurred during the 1960s, was largely responsible for changing economic geography from an essentially descriptive to an increasingly theoretical field. Furthermore, it emphasized the formulation of hypotheses, data collection and the testing of hypotheses with statistical techniques. Today, location theory and analysis is applied to o solve real-world problems and inform policy. o and spatial analysis. The answers to these questions will vary according to. These factors can be employed in different quantities, intensities and combinations to produce economic output. Furthermore, they vary across space from one nation to another, from one region to another. Land: o across the earth o from the earth. Amount of raw materials that can be extracted. Human, physical input from individuals that is o required in the production process o.
