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Geog 4077 Mid-Term
GEOG 4077 – Mid-term Review

>Economics is disembodied from regions & cities and Economic Geography is here to fill that space.
>German Geography is very field oriented.
>Human Geography * Friedrich Ratzel: “Anthropogeographica” (1882)
A branch of anthropology dealing with the geographical distribution of humankind and the relationship between human beings and their environment.
Cultural Historical economic paradigm to work with.
He first coined the term, lebensraum (which translates to “living space” in German). This term was later used by Adolf Hitler. He wanted to eliminate Poland so that Germany could expand (strong states expand and the weak states contract). Hitler wanted to use this term in order to acquire a “living space” for the racially superior Aryan race.

Johann Heinrich von Thunen:
German scholar who developed the core-periphery model in the nineteenth century. In his model he proposed an “isolated state” that had no trade connections with the outside world; possessed only one market, located centrally in the state; and had uniform soil, climate, and level terrain throughout. He created this model to study the influence of distance from market and the concurrent transport costs on the type and intensity of agriculture. In each successive ring, the land gets cheaper.
The problems with this model: * Water availability, rivers make a land a more profitable area. * Soil * Terrain – mountains
The black dot represents a city.
(1) White circle represents what must be closest to the city. (dairy and market gardening including tomatos, cucumbers, melons)
(2) Green circle represents building supplies as well as forest for fuel.
(3) The yellow circle represents grains and field crops (more expensive land)
(4) The red area represents ranch land for meat
(5) The outer dark green area represents wilderness where agriculture is not profitable

Traditional location theory: Trying to decide mathematically

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