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Central Place Theory. Urban Hierarchy. = ?. Urban Hierarchy. Area of the hinterland/market area of the next higher order central place is ? times of low order centre
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Central Place Theory
Urban Hierarchy = ?
Urban Hierarchy • Area of the hinterland/market area of the next higher order central place is ? times of low order centre • The distance between two same order centres is __________ times longer than the distance between two next lower order centres. • The population size of a central place is ? Times of the next order central place.
K-value • K-value is the constant ratio between two orders of central place in an urban hierarchy • According to Christaller, there are three kinds of hierarchy in different k-value • Marketing principle : k-value = 3 • Transport principle : k-value = 4 • Administration principle : k-value = 7
Urban Hierarchy No. of Function City Town Village Population
Large city Large towns Small towns Ranking of Cities Population 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Ranking
Largest city Primacy Population 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Ranking
Causes of Primacy Patterns and Processes of Man’s Economic Environment, pp.411-413
71 km Breaking Point Reilly’s Law of Retail Gravitation Town i Population=131,000 Town j 75,000