MODELS

Latitude, Longitude

Latitude is horizontal (equator), longitude is vertical

GIS

Layered maps

Thematic maps

Maps that have some sort of data

population pyramids

measure population patters using sex and age

epidemiological transition model

shows the different causes of death depending on stage of the demographic transition model

malthusian theory

world population grows exponentially while food grows linearly

s curve

shows speed at which ideas are adopted

Language tree

Indo european is the largest language family

core preriphery

core countries rely on the periphery ones for labor

Von thunen

Where each indistry is located. A circle with 4 rings. 1: Dairy 2: forest 3: field crops 4: animals

Rostow stages

1: traditional society

2: preconditions to take off

3: take off

4: drive to maturity

5: mass consumption

central place

how far people are willing to go back and forth for products or work

concentric zone model

1. IDEAL CITY IS HEXAGON

2. the richer people are the further they live from the center of the city

Gravity

Poeple want to go to one place more than another

Harris ullman multiple nuclei

Multiple central business areas within a city layout

Bid rent curve

the further from the central city, the higher the land prizes