Tord Palander was a Swedish economist who gave a critique of Weber’s Industrial Location Theory by postulating the concept of market area. Palander’s market area theory was published in his book titled ‘Beiträge zur Standortstheorie’ in 1935. The title of the book translates to Contribution to Location Theory. He inculcates a new and realistic approach … Read more
Utility is ultimate yardstick of evaluating any theory. Therefore, different theorists criticize their predecessors and present new theories to increase their utility. Similarly, D.M. Smith’s theory of industrial location tries to help an entrepreneur in determining a profitable location for satisfying the needs of the firm. He published his ideas about location of industries in … Read more
Introduction Edgar M. Hoover’s theory of industrial location is an improvement over Industrial Location Theory of Weber. He published his ideas about industrial location in his work titled “The Location of Economic Activity” (1948). His theory seems to be an amalgam of Weber’s Industrial Location Theory, Perroux’s Growth Pole Theory, Myrdal’s Cumulative Causation Theory and … Read more
Nicholas John Spykman envisioned the Rimland theory of geopolitics in 1942 in his book ‘America’s Strategy in World Politics’. Later In 1944, his book titled ‘The Geography of Peace’ was published, posthumously. This book provides a more elaborate description of Spykman’s Rimland Theory. Spykman’s work emerged as a critique of Mackinder’s Heartland Theory which envisages … Read more
Sir Halford Mackinder was a pioneer political geographer who formulated Heartland Theory to demonstrate the importance of strategic location of powerful nations in determining balance of global power. Mackinder’s heartland theory was first published in 1919 in a book titled ‘Democratic Ideals and Reality’ and modified it slightly in 1943. However, the basic idea of … Read more
Graph theory is a brand of mathematics concerned with how networks can be encoded and their properties measured. Please note that the purpose hovers over the topology representation, not the network’s underlying geography. Graph theory in transport geography is an adoption of mathematical techniques to measure and identify the various characteristics of transport network for … Read more
John Friedman was an urban theorist and founding figure of the Department of Urban Planning at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. He propounded the core-periphery model of regional development in the year 1966. The Core-Periphery Model by Friedman shows the process of economic growth and urban development in time and space. Basic Idea … Read more
In unbalanced growth theory, Hirschman argued that certain places are naturally endowed with natural resources whereas some places are resource scarce. Therefore, it is inevitable that the growth will take place at fewer places. Hence, he believed that the process of growth is intrinsically unbalanced unlike Gunnar Myrdal’s Theory. Similarity to Cumulative Causation Theory Hirschman’s … Read more
The inception of process of regional development has remained a mystery for most of the development economists. Perroux and Boudeville’s have given their ideas regarding regional development in form of Growth Pole Theory. Similarly, Gunnar Myrdal also gave his cumulative causation theory for explaining the process of regional development. In Simple Words Gunnar Myrdal was … Read more
Thomas Malthus was a demographer and economist. His main interest was in studying the impact of growing population on the economy of a country and welfare of its people. Malthus explained his theory of population growth in “An Essay on the Principle of Population” published in 1798. Malthusian theory of population growth is based on … Read more