GEOG 2075 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Walter Christaller, Spatial Analysis, Geomatics
6 Jan 2020
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In human geography, the new approach became known as "locational" or "spatial analysis" or, to some, "spatial science. " It focused on spatial organization, and its key concepts were embedded into the functional region-the tributary area of a major node, whether a port, a market town, or a city shopping centre. Movements of people, messages, goods, and so on, were organized through such nodal centres. These were structured hierarchically, producing systems of places-cities, towns, villages, etc. -whose spatial arrangement followed fundamental principles. One of the most influential models for these principles was developed by german geographer walter christaller in the early 1930s, though it attracted little attention for two decades. Christaller"s central-place theory modeled settlement patterns in rural areas-the number and size of different places, their spacing, and the services they provided-according to principles of least-cost location. Likewise, businesses will want to maximize turnover, with people spending as much as possible on goods and services and as little as possible on transport.
