Geography Project on Christallers Central Place Theory

What is the theory about ?seeks to explain the size and spacing of human settlementsuggests that there are laws determining the number, size and distribution of towns

The principle of ChristallerThree different arrangements of Central Places Theory:The Marketing Principle (K=3)The Transportation Principle (K=4)The Administrative Principle (K=7)

The principle of Christaller1. price, demand2. distance, DemandWith longer distance, people need to pay more transportation cost, the higher price they have to pay.The maximum distance over which people will travel to purchase Range of goodsThe minimum population that is required to bring about the offering of the goods. Threshold population.

Modern Development in transport and marketingDevelopment of railway

Development of highway

Wide spread of InternetE- ShopsE- BankInternet auctionBusiness forumExhibition

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ExampleThis shops brand name is widely spreadSo, even people living in Hong Kong Island would like to travel a rather long distance to Yuen Long to enjoy the foodCan you guess which shop we are talking about???

What is the effect of these development then???

1.Change in location not locate at centre of a territory anymore.Locates at transport networkReason: to enlarge market area, because mobility of customers rise

2. Change in range of goods:There are more high order centers and less smaller marketsReason: High order centers include both high and low order goods

What thing does it would like to illustrate?Multi-purpose trip.It means that in weekends or holidays, people will purchase a full range of goods in one single journey.Demand for higher order town But Demand for lower order town and finally they will be eliminated through keen competition

3.Existence of E-commerceA seller says I can make profits too here, even though no customers comes~!!!!

Some sellers rather choose to stay at place with low-rent price, why???Because of the existence of computer~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Customers can buy goods and services via internet easily. They can just sitting arm-chair and order goods and they will be delivered to their place. This is used very often for standardized goods.

Conclusions that can be madeThe larger the settlements, the fewer their number The larger a settlement, the farther away a similar size settlement is The Range increases as the population increases The larger the settlement, the higher the order of its services.

Evaluation on CPTProduction cost may vary Transportation cost are not equal in different directionRural market is not evenly distributedCultural, political, personal perception or else, factors other than economic may be important too

Heres come to a questionCan Christallers Central Place Theory still apply to the real world situation nowadays?????

Example on K=3

Examples on K=4Cambridge in UKConsider Cambridge as a central placeSurrounded by 7, rather than 6, settlementsEach is 10-15 miles from CambridgeAs all of the satellite settlements are on transport links, this is a good example of a K=4 CPT model

ElyNewmarketHaverhillSaffron WaldenRoystonSt NeotsSt IvesCambridge

What can we learn form CPT???Urban planningFor society to ensure equal provision of goods and servicesProvides specific, relevant, reliable information to economic developers, suppliers what kind of trade or service enterprise will and also will not likely work!!!

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