MODELS, PARADIGMS AND THE NEW GEOGRAPHY ........................ 19
Peter Haggett and Richard J. Chorley
Departments of Geography, Bristol and Cambridge Universities
Facts, models and paradigms .................................... 19
Classificatory paradigms in geography .......................... 28
Towards a model-based paradigm in geography .................... 33
Epilogue ....................................................... 38
References ..................................................... 39
DEMOGRAPHIC MODELS AND GEOGRAPHY .............................. 189
E.A. Wrigley
Department of Geography, Cambridge University
Introduction .................................................. 189
Animal population behaviour ................................... 191
A simple demographic model .................................... 193
Demographic characteristics and geographical conditions ....... 197
Fertility levels in pre-industrial societies .................. 198
A modified demographic model .................................. 200
Demographic models and post-industrial societies .............. 207
The developing countries ...................................... 209
Conclusion .................................................... 212
References .................................................... 213
SOCIOLOGICAL MODELS IN GEOGRAPHY .............................. 217
R.E. Pahl
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kent at Canterbury
Internalized models ........................................... 218
The myth of a value-free geography ............................ 219
Sociological models in geography .............................. 220
The normative orientation of action systems ................... 223
Weber's 'ideal type' models ................................... 225
Functionalism as a model ...................................... 227
Functionalism and the problem of change ....................... 230
Sociological models and urban geography ....................... 237
References .................................................... 240
MODELS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
D.E. Keeble
Department of Geography, Cambridge University
Geography, models and economic development .................... 243
Non-spatial models of economic development .................... 248
Models of the spatial distribution of economic development .... 257
Conclusion .................................................... 287
References .................................................... 287
MODELS OF URBAN GEOGRAPHY AND SETTLEMENT LOCATION ............. 303
B. Garner
Department of Geography, Bristol University
Introduction .................................................. 303
Settlement Patterns ........................................... 306
The internal structure of cities .............................. 335
Conclusion .................................................... 354
References .................................................... 355
MODELS OF INDUSTRIAL LOCATION ................................. 361
F.E. Ian Hamilton
Department of Geography, London School of Economics and
Political Science, and School of Slavonic and East European
Studies, London University
The changing character of model techniques .................... 362
In search of reality .......................................... 364
Early models of industrial location ........................... 369
The Weber model; merits and demerits .......................... 370
Weber's model reformed: an approach to reality ................ 374
Industrial location under capitalism .......................... 377
Location policy in the socialist world ........................ 381
Allocation-location models .................................... 386
Industrial location and settlement hierarchies ................ 389
Models of an ideal spatial dispersion of industry ............. 393
Industry through history ...................................... 395
Some observations on Monte-Carlo and Markov chain models ...... 401
Structure, process and stage .................................. 402
The international distribution of industry .................... 403
Industry in the national setting .............................. 405
Regional industrial 'climaxes' ................................ 406
Industrial inertia and migration .............................. 410
Intra-regional change and the multiplier model ................ 413
An industrial example: iron and steel ......................... 415
Conclusion .................................................... 416
References .................................................... 417
MODELS OF AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY ............................... 425
Janet D. Henshall
Department of Geography, King's College, London University
A general model ............................................... 425
Experimental models ........................................... 426
Conceptual models ............................................. 429
Taxonomic models .............................................. 437
Models of the location of agricultural activity ............... 443
Land potential models ......................................... 449
Future trends ................................................. 452
References .................................................... 452
INDEX ......................................................... 459
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