Most important Geographers/Theories Be able to match the person to their theory/model Be able to recognize/classify the theory/model

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Most important Geographers/TheoriesBe able to
match the person to their theory/modelBe able to
recognize/classify the theory/model

• Pop/Migration
• Boserup
• Malthus
• Ravenstein
• Zelinsky
• THEORIES/CONCEPTS gt
• Gravity model-migration push pull factors,
• population food supply issues
• rural to urban migration,
• Ties b/t population growth economic growth,
• Culture gt Language diffusion (military vs
  agriculture
• M. Gimbutas (p 150)
• C. Renfrew (p 151)

• Nature/Perspectives
• Sauer
• Ratzel
• THEORIES/CONCEPTS gt
• environmental determinism Possiblism,
• DEV/RESOURCES
• Rostow
• Wallerstein
• Theories/CONCEPTS gt
• Stages of eco growth,
• world systems theory

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• Norman Borlaug
• RIP, 2009 ?

• Green Revolution

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• Esther Boserup

• Population and economic growth theory

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• ERNST BURGESS

• CONCENTRIC ZONE MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

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• CHRISTALLER

• CENTRAL PLACE THEORY OF URBAN/SERVICES DEVELOPMENT

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• HARRIS ULLMAN

• MULTIPLE NUCLEI MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

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• HOMER HOYT

• SECTOR MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

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• Alfred Mahan

• Seapower theory of political growth

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• Thomas Malthus

• Theory of overpopulation

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• HALFORD MAKINDER

• HEARTLAND THEORY OF POLITICAL POWER

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• PETER MULLER

• SUBURBANIZATION TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS IN
  URBAN REGIONS

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• FRIEDRICH RATZEL

• ORGANIC THEORY OF STATE GROWTH
• ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM - Natural
  surroundings rule human action

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• Ernst Ravenstein

• Gravity model of migration Laws of Migration

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• Collin Renfrew

• Language diffusion by agricultural means

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• Walter Rostow

• Stages of economic growth/development

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• Carl Sauer

• Possibilism
• Humans can alter their environment

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• Nicholas Spykman

• He who controls the Rimland, controls the world
  political systems theory

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• Taylor and Lang

• World Cities Model

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• VON THUNEN

• AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN AN ISOLATED STATE
  SURROUND A MARKET ZONE THAT IS CIRCULAR

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• Immanuel Wallerstein

• World Systems Theory

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• Alfred Weber

• Least Cost theory and Industrial location theory

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Most important Geographers/TheoriesBe able to
match the person to their theory/modelBe able to
recognize/classify the theory/model

• INDUSTRIALIZATION/ECO DEVELOPMENT
• Weber
• Rostow
• Wallerstein
• Borlaug (as related to development)
• Theories/CONCEPTS gt
• Stages of eco growth,
• world systems theory
• Least cost theory
• Green Revolution links to development
• CITIES AND URBAN LAND USE
• Burgess
• Harris/Ullman
• Christaller
• Hoyt
• Muller
• THEORIES/CONCEPTS
• Concentric Zones

• Political
• Mahan
• Spykman
• Mackinder
• Ratzel
• Models/Theories/concepts
• Sea power
• Rimland theory
• Heartland theory
• Organic states
• AGRICULTURE
• Von Thunen
• Borlaug
• Boserup
• Christaller
• Renfrew

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• Anatolian Hearth theory

• Correlation b/t source areas of 3 agricultural
  centers and 3 major languages

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• Central Place Theory

• Spatial distribution of cities/service centers is
  a hexagon w/CP in the middle

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• Concentric Zone Model
• Burgess

• Focus on CBD importance b/c CBD is at the center
  of the model

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• Core-Periphery model

• Places/regions cant develop equally, somebody
  has to be poor!

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• Demographic Transition Model

• Birth and mortality rates are tied to stages of
  development

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• Dependency Theory

• Poor countrys economy is tied to a rich country,
  usually its former colonizer

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• Gravity model of migration

• Relationship b/t volume of migration and distance
  from source destination is inverse

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• Heartland Theory
• Mackinder's Heartland (also known as the Pivot
  Area) is the core area of Eurasia, and the
  World-Island is all of Eurasia (both Europe and
  Asia).

• He who controls Europe, controls the world

Who rules East Europe commands the HeartlandWho
rules the Heartland commands the World-IslandWho
rules the World-Island commands the world
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• Least Cost/Location Theory

• Minimizing transportation costs

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• Migration Theory

• Push-Pull Forces impact choices

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• Multiple Nuclei model

• CBD is not as important, urban areas develop
  several CBDs

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• Sector model

• Based on urban transportation routes and bid rent
  prices

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• World Systems Theory

• Development is applicable across scales local
  to regional to global