Zentrale Orte

Zur Karriere und Krise eines Konzepts in Geographie und Raumplanung

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ID13432115
AuthorsHans Heinrich Blotevogel (corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume50
Issue1
Publication date1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueErdkunde (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-0015 • E-ISSN: 2702-5985
PublisherErdkunde (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.3112/erdkunde.1996.01.02
OpenAlexW2086915655
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited5

This paper deals with the history of central place theory, as conceived by W. Christaller in 1993, in geography and spatial planning (regional policy and regional planning). On the basis of this retrospective the current importance of central place theory in research and of the central place con cept (derived from central place theory) in spatial planning will be discussed. Aided by a five-step arrangement of development phases, the history of central place theory in geography is reconstructed. Amongst others, the belated adoption and the differences of empirical and theoretical research between German-speaking countries and North America will be dealt with. At present central place theory does not play an important role in pure research and is unlikely to do so in the future. Those areas that it was origi nally devised for now have at their disposal more effective theoretical concepts which are also closer to reality. This holds good for research on retailing as well as for the geo graphy of services and for urban systems research. This dis cussion is followed by an analogous examination of the rise of the central place concept in (West) German spatial planning. The central place concept was introduced into the

Humanities · Political science · Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies · Philosophy · Public Administration and Political Analysis · Urbanization and City Planning

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