5.7 Von Thunen Model Flashcards
What are the 5 assumption Thunern made
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
5 stages of the von thunen Model
City center
Dairy and market gardening
Forest for wood
Grains and field crops
Wilderness
Hinterland
The area surrounding a city
How does the von thunen model explain historical patterns of agricultural land use?
It olden times, there were only trains and water transport making it easy for the Von thunen model to connect well
Why was grain farming found in the third circle
Easy to transport because of two reasons:
Less cost than transporting wood
Last longer than wheat and it’s less bulky than wood
What did van thunen model not account for contemporary?
New transport systems
Multiple cities
Speciality crops that can only be grown in certain soils and climates
How does the Von thunen model explain contemporary patterns of agriculture production at different scales
It’s different at every scale,
Regionally it works well but it doesn’t account for speciality crops
Stage 5 of the demographic transition model
Death rate exceeds birth rate
Reference map
Shows geographic locations
Pronatalist
Positive for enfornicjg. Birth policies