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Give a critical account of Lösch’s theory of central places.

  • UPSC 2016
  • Models, Theories and Laws

August Lösch, an economist, published Die räumliche Ordnung der Wirtschaft in 1940 (English translation The Economics of Location, 1954), the first attempt at a general theory of location built on demand rather than supply.

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