Most important Geographers/TheoriesBe able to match the person to their theory/model

Be able to recognize/classify the theory/model

• Nature/Perspectives• Sauer• Ratzel

• THEORIES/CONCEPTS >• environmental determinism

Possiblism,

• DEV/RESOURCES• Rostow• Wallerstein

• Theories/CONCEPTS > • Stages of eco growth, • world systems theory

• Pop/Migration• Boserup• Malthus• Ravenstein• Zelinsky

• THEORIES/CONCEPTS > • Gravity model-migration push & pull

factors, • population & food supply issues• rural to urban migration,• Ties b/t population growth &

economic growth,

Culture > Language diffusion (military vs agriculture…

• M. Gimbutas (p 150)• C. Renfrew (p 151)

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• Norman Borlaug • RIP, 2009

• Green Revolution

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• Esther Boserup • Population and economic growth theory

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• ERNST BURGESS • CONCENTRIC ZONE MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

Burgess and Urban = BURban

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• CHRISTALLER • CENTRAL PLACE THEORY OF URBAN/SERVICES DEVELOPMENT

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• HARRIS & ULLMAN • MULTIPLE NUCLEI MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

Multiple names = multiple nuclei

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• HOMER HOYT • SECTOR MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

Homer / sector

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• Alfred Mahan • Sea power theory of political growth

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• Thomas Malthus • Theory of overpopulation

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• HALFORD MAKINDER

• HEARTLAND THEORY OF POLITICAL POWER

MaKINDer is kind HEARTed

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• PETER MULLER • SUBURBANIZATION + TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS IN URBAN REGIONS

Muller = Mules TRANSPORT

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• FRIEDRICH RATZEL • ORGANIC THEORY OF STATE GROWTH

• + ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM - Natural surroundings rule human action

A RAT is ORGANIC/aliveRATs live in the environment

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• Ernst Ravenstein • Gravity model of migration + Laws of Migration

RAVENS fly/ MIGRATE

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• Collin Renfrew • Language diffusion by agricultural means

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• Walter Rostow • Stages of economic growth/development

• Be able to name the stages w/country examples

RostOW = economic grOWth

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• Carl Sauer • Possibilism• Humans can alter

their environment

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• Nicholas Spykeman • He who controls the Rimland, controls the world – political systems theory

SPYKE the RIM

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• Taylor and Lang • World Cities Model

tAyLor / LAng L.A. is a world city

(a low level oneBut it works for a memory tag)

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• VON THUNEN • AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN AN ISOLATED STATE SURROUND A MARKET ZONE THAT IS CIRCULAR

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• Immanuel Wallerstein • World Systems Theory

Wallerstein = World

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• Alfred Weber • Least Cost theory and Industrial location theory

Most important Geographers/TheoriesBe able to match the person to their theory/model

Be able to recognize/classify the theory/model

• PoliticalMahanSpykmanMackinderRatzel

Models/Theories/conceptsSea powerRimland theoryHeartland theoryOrganic states

• AGRICULTUREVon ThunenBorlaugBoserupChristallerRenfrew

Models/theoriesAgri in the isolated stateGreen RevolutionCenters of Agri and diffusion of culture/language

• INDUSTRIALIZATION/ECO DEVELOPMENTWeberRostowWallersteinBorlaug (as related to development)Theories/CONCEPTS > Stages of eco growth, world systems theoryLeast cost theoryGreen Revolution – links to development

• CITIES AND URBAN LAND USEBurgessHarris/UllmanChristallerHoytMullerTHEORIES/CONCEPTSConcentric ZonesMultiple NucleiCentral Place TheorySector ModelSuburbanization

• Anatolian Hearth theory

• Correlation b/t source areas of 3 agricultural centers and 3 major languages

• Central Place Theory • Spatial distribution of cities/service centers is a hexagon w/CP in the middle

• Concentric Zone Model

• Burgess

• Focus on CBD importance b/c CBD is at the center of the model

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• Core-Periphery model • Places/regions can’t develop equally, somebody has to be poor!

• Demographic Transition Model

• Birth and mortality rates are tied to stages of development

• Dependency Theory • Poor country’s economy is tied to a rich country, usually it’s former colonizer

• Gravity model of migration

• Relationship b/t volume of migration and distance from source & destination is inverse

• Heartland Theory

Mackinder's Heartland (also known as the

Pivot Area) is the core area of Eurasia, and

the World-Island is all of Eurasia (both

Europe and Asia).

• He who controls Europe, controls the world

‘Who rules East Europe commands the HeartlandWho rules the Heartland

commands the World-IslandWho rules the World-Island

commands the world’

• Least Cost/Location Theory

• Minimizing transportation costs

• Migration Theory • Push-Pull Forces impact choices

• FORCED• VOLUNTARY• IMPELLED• CHAIN

• Multiple Nuclei model • CBD is not as important, urban areas develop several CBDs

• Sector model • Based on urban transportation routes and bid rent prices

• World Systems Theory

• Development is applicable across scales – local to regional to global