AP Human Geography / Unit 5: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
5.8 Von Thünen Model
Notes
Rings around a market city based on transport cost and perishability: 1. Dairy and market gardening (perishable, heavy). 2. Forest (wood for fuel and building). 3. Grains and field crops. 4. Ranching (animals walk to market).
Practice
In von Thünen's model, dairy is closest to the city because:
Perishability.
Ranching is in the outer ring because:
Extensive land use.
A limitation of von Thünen's model today:
Assumes old technology.
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