Most important Geographers/Theories Be able to match the person to their theory/model Be able to recognize/classify the theory/model 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) Nature/Perspectives Sauer Ratzel THEORIES/CONCEPTS > environmental determinism Possiblism, DEV/RESOURCES Rostow Wallerstein Theories/CONCEPTS > Stages of eco growth, world systems theory

Norman Borlaug RIP, 2009  Green Revolution

Esther Boserup Population and economic growth theory

ERNST BURGESS CONCENTRIC ZONE MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

CHRISTALLER CENTRAL PLACE THEORY OF URBAN/SERVICES DEVELOPMENT

HARRIS & ULLMAN MULTIPLE NUCLEI MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

HOMER HOYT SECTOR MODEL OF URBAN GROWTH

Alfred Mahan Seapower theory of political growth

Thomas Malthus Theory of overpopulation

HALFORD MAKINDER HEARTLAND THEORY OF POLITICAL POWER

PETER MULLER SUBURBANIZATION + TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS IN URBAN REGIONS

FRIEDRICH RATZEL ORGANIC THEORY OF STATE GROWTH + ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM - Natural surroundings rule human action

Ernst Ravenstein Gravity model of migration + Laws of Migration

Collin Renfrew Language diffusion by agricultural means

Walter Rostow Stages of economic growth/development

Carl Sauer Possibilism Humans can alter their environment

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

Taylor and Lang World Cities Model

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

Immanuel Wallerstein World Systems Theory

Alfred Weber Least Cost theory and Industrial location theory

Most important Geographers/Theories Be able to match the person to their theory/model Be able to recognize/classify the theory/model INDUSTRIALIZATION/ECO DEVELOPMENT Weber Rostow Wallerstein Borlaug (as related to development) Theories/CONCEPTS > Stages of eco growth, world systems theory Least cost theory Green Revolution – links to development CITIES AND URBAN LAND USE Burgess Harris/Ullman Christaller Hoyt Muller THEORIES/CONCEPTS Concentric Zones Multiple Nuclei Central Place Theory Sector Model Suburbanization Political Mahan Spykman Mackinder Ratzel Models/Theories/concepts Sea power Rimland theory Heartland theory Organic states AGRICULTURE Von Thunen Borlaug Boserup Christaller Renfrew Models/theories Agri in the isolated state Green Revolution Centers of Agri and diffusion of culture/language

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

Focus on CBD importance b/c CBD is at the center of the model Concentric Zone Model Burgess Focus on CBD importance b/c CBD is at the center of the model ????

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

He who controls Europe, controls the world 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 Heartland Who rules the Heartland commands the World-Island Who rules the World-Island commands the world’

Least Cost/Location Theory Minimizing transportation costs

z Migration Theory Push-Pull Forces impact choices

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