Tobler's First Law of Geography
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23715419 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nigel Waters (0000-0001-8812-8671, University of Calgary, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | International Encyclopedia of Geography (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg1011 |
| OpenAlex | W4244100231 |
| ISBN | 9781118786352 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 17 |
Tobler's first law (TFL) of geography was introduced into the geographical literature in an article that Waldo Tobler published in the journal Economic Geography in 1970. In this article, which described a simulation of population growth in Detroit, Tobler stated that to make his model operational he would “invoke the first law of geography: everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things.” This entry considers whether TFL is an accurate description of the real world. Specifically, it considers the following questions: Is TFL really a law and, if so, is it the most important law in Geography? Do modern spatial interpolation techniques allow the model to be operationalized? How can “near” and “distant” be measured? Is it true for Euclidean and network space? Do classic models of human and urban geography conform to TFL?
Cultural geography · Economic geography · Epistemology · Geography · Human geography · Operationalization · Political science · Population · Sociology · Demography · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Law · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
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Birds of a Feather
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2023 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |