5.7 Von Thunen Model Flashcards

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What are the 5 assumption Thunern made

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No trade connections with the outside world

Only one centrally located market

Soul and climate are uniform

Terrain is flat throughout with no rivers

All farmers located at the same distance have equal access to it

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5 stages of the von thunen Model

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City center
Dairy and market gardening
Forest for wood
Grains and field crops
Wilderness

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3
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Hinterland

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The area surrounding a city

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4
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How does the von thunen model explain historical patterns of agricultural land use?

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It olden times, there were only trains and water transport making it easy for the Von thunen model to connect well

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5
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Why was grain farming found in the third circle

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Easy to transport because of two reasons:

Less cost than transporting wood

Last longer than wheat and it’s less bulky than wood

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6
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What did van thunen model not account for contemporary?

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New transport systems

Multiple cities

Speciality crops that can only be grown in certain soils and climates

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7
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How does the Von thunen model explain contemporary patterns of agriculture production at different scales

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It’s different at every scale,

Regionally it works well but it doesn’t account for speciality crops

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8
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Stage 5 of the demographic transition model

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Death rate exceeds birth rate

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9
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Reference map

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Shows geographic locations

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10
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Pronatalist

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Positive for enfornicjg. Birth policies

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