GEOG 3210 Lecture : September 23.docx
Document Summary
Principle of comparative advantage: developed by british economist, david ricardo (1772 1823, simply stated, where a region enjoys same kind of advantage over some other region for producing the same commodity, there will be a productive advantage for the region (concentration, geographic concentration in regions were certain underlying conditions give that region an advantage, new zealand pastoral agriculture enjoys a comparative advantage stemming from low production costs, bio physical conditions give advantage. Johann heinrich von thunen: unknown outside germany and then peter hall translated the isolated state of agriculture into english, johann was a german estate owner he noticed a regularity in the spatial pattern of agricultural activity around german market towns, his studies into the forces responsible for the pattern of agricultural land use he observed represents the first attempt of explaining spatial patterns of land use, his isolated state (1826) was translated in 1966, he is regarded as the father of location theory in geography.
