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    What are the core assumptions of central place theory? What are the competing lines of thought in determining where urban centers emerge and why?

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    Central Place Theory is a body of work that seeks to explain why centers of trade emerge where they do. In order to address this question, theorists assume:

    (a) the landscape is a flat plain

    (b) an even distribution of population and purchasing power

    (c) a uniform transportation network

    (d) goods are always purchased from a central place

    (e) a constant range - that is, the maximum distance within which a good can be sold - for each good.

    There are two main approaches to Central Place Theory: ...

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    Central Place Theory and centers of trade are correlated.

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