Models Flashcards
Demographic Transition Model
High Birth/Death Rates to lower Birth/Death Rates
From Pre-Industrial to Industrialized Economic system.
Thompson
Multiple Nuclei Model
Social groups are arranged around a collection of activities
CBD is losing dominant position
Harris & Ullman
Von Thünen Model
Agricultural activities depending on transportation cost
Rural land close to market, extensive rural land far from market
Von Thunen
Central place theory
Explains distribution of services
Hexagonal shape
Christaller
Concentric Zone Model
Different land use in each ring developed from a central core
Growth by rings
Burgess
Epidemiological Transition Model
Shift in the disease pattern of a population
Upward shift in age distribution of deaths
Omran
Core-Periphery Model (World Systems Model)
Area of high growth is surrounded by other areas of high growth
Countries can shift from core to periphery, and back
Wallerstein
Rostow’s Stages of growth
Model that shows economic growth through 5 stages
From Agricultural to Service based economy
Rostow
Latin American City Model
Combines traditional Latin American Culture with globalization
CBD divided into Market Sector and Modern High Rise Sector
Elite residential surrounds the “spine”
Poorest on outer edge
Griffin & Ford
Peripheral Model
North American Urban Areas
Beltway around the city ties large suburban areas together
Harris
Sector Model
City grows outward from center
Main transportation routes through center of city
Hoyt
Rimland Theory
Control of Eurasian rim is the key to global domination.
Spykman
Heartland Theory
Control of the heart of Eurasia is the key to global domination
Mackinder
Rank-Size rule
The nth largest settlement is 1/n of the population of the largest
Ravenstein’s laws of migration
11 migration ‘Laws’ of migration
3 groups; reasons, distances, and characteristics of migrants
