The Charmed Circle: Von Thünen and Agriculture around Nineteenth Century London
Year: 1987
Type: article
Abstract: Von Thünen's model of land-use is very popular in the teaching of agricultural geography in schools and universities despite its demonstrable shortcomings. Concentric rings of land-use were not evident even around early nineteenth century London and there are other reasons why the model is not an appropriate context for the explanation of the location of horticulture and milk production at this time. A re-evaluation of over-simplistic methods of teaching von Thünen's ideas is necessary.
Source: Geography
Author: P. J. Atkins
Language: English
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2224237658