GEO 101 World Human Geography
Spring 2011
Lecture Outline

City Locations and Central Places

Before Lecture
Reading assignment for today: Rubenstein pp. 280-289
Important Concepts from the textbook you should review before lecture (write a short definition): Central Place Theory, market area (hinterland) range, threshold, rank-size rule, primate city, gravity model, site selection,
I have the following question(s) about the textbook reading:

Where cities are located

Site Factors

Situation

Walter Christaller's (1933) Central Place Theory: A Consumption-Based Explaination for City Location

• Assumptions of the CPT model
• Range and Threshold of goods and services
  • high-order vs. Low-order goods and services
• Patterns based on threshold and range

After Lecture

What was the main point of today's lecture?

Important concepts covered in this lecture (write a short definition):

One thing I did not fully understand today is:

What did I learn today that I did not know before?