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Discuss the Geometry of Land Values in Urban Community and delimiting the Central Business District (CBD) in detail.

  • UPSC 2026
  • Population and Settlement Geography

Urban land value is accessibility capitalised. Richard M. Hurd (1903) tied site value to accessibility; Robert Murray Haig (1926) recast rent as payment to escape the friction of space; William Alonso (1964) formalised it as bid rent, transposing Johann Heinrich von Thunen from farm to city.

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  • The geometry of the land value surface
  • Delimiting the CBD
  • The Indian and contemporary qualification
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