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Examine the relevance of the Central Place Theory of Christaller in the present context.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Population and Settlement Geography

Walter Christaller (1933), generalising from southern Germany, modelled towns as central places serving a complementary region, spaced by two variables — range (the maximum distance a consumer will travel) and threshold (the minimum demand sustaining a function).

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