Von Thünen's Model of Agricultural Land Use

  • Von Thünen's Model
    • Developed by German geographer Johann Heinrich von Thünen
    • Explains and predicts agricultural land use patterns based on transportation costs
    • Assumes agricultural activities vary by distance from the marketplace
    • Predicts:
    • More intensive land uses are closer to the marketplace
    • More extensive land uses are farther away
    • Organized into concentric rings around the city