Johann Heinrich Von Thunen Theory

This model was first proposed by Johann Heinrich von Thunen in 1826 in his book, The Isolated State. He was a farmer in northern Germany and a nineteenth century economist. The Von Thunen model depicts how commercial farmers figure out which crops and...

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Weber's Theory

A model of industrial location proposed by A. Weber (1909, trans. 1929), which assumes that industrialists choose a least-cost location for the development of new industry. The theory is based on a number of assumptions, among them that markets...

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Environment in Urban cities

In order to improve environmental quality, health and quality of life in cities and towns, more emphasis should be given to developing attractive, efficient and safe infrastructure for people to grow in every sphere of life. A. Importance of...

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"Smart Growth"

Morris defined "smart growth" -- a term not universally appreciated by all planners and developers -- as "land use and transportation planning that is used as community building, economic efficiency and environmental sustainability as an alternative...

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Central Place Theory

Apart from the simple lack of fuel and vehicles, the main reason why we will travel less is because our societies will be more local. Instead of thinking on a national or county level, we will think on a level that is small enough to control with our...

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Urban Settlement

These settlements are multi-functional (have many functions). Secondary and tertiary functions take place in urban settlements. Types of settlements according to their MAIN function: 1. Trade and transport towns and cities: a) Gap or gateway towns...

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Internal structure of cities

The question of how the growth of Kerala's cities is to be planned was part of the discussions at the National Seminar on Spatial Technologies for Land Use Planning in Trivandrum the other day. The Governor of Kerala called for vertical growth to...

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