Human Geography Images

Central Place Theory

 

Central Place Theory is the idea that urban locations are arranged spatially in a pattern of hexagons that are nested based on the size of the urban location.  This idea was originally developed by Walter Christaller in 1933.

 

These images are originally from Location in Space: Theoretical Perspectives in Economic Geography, third edition, by Peter Dicken and Peter E. Lloyd.  HarperCollinsPublishers, 1990.