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Lost in plain sight: revealing central flow process in Christaller’s original central place systems
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posted on 2020-05-13, 08:12 authored by Peter J Taylor, Michael HoylerMichael HoylerWalter Christaller’s central place theory famously conceptualizes local external urban relations (town-ness) while neglecting non-local connections characterized as central flow theory (city-ness). In this paper, we advance the study of central flow theory by revealing its existence within the foundation text of central place theory. We systematically separate town-ness and city-ness in Christaller’s original data on 1920s’ southern Germany to estimate the balance between the two processes for different urban places. We find that city-ness dominates town-ness in leading cities and show the severe limitations of focusing on just one urban external relation in urban and regional studies of settlement systems.
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Regional StudiesVolume
55Issue
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345 - 353Publisher
Taylor & Francis (Routledge)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Regional Studies AssociationPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Regional Studies on 25 June 2020, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00343404.2020.1772965.Acceptance date
2020-05-10Publication date
2020-06-25Copyright date
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0034-3404eISSN
1360-0591Publisher version
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Michael Hoyler. Deposit date: 12 May 2020Usage metrics
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