Christaller's Model

Christaller's Model, developed by Walter Christaller in 1933, explains how urban centers and towns are organized within a region. It introduces the concept of a "central place," which provides services to surrounding areas. The model suggests that these places are spaced out in a way that optimizes accessibility and efficiency, with larger towns offering more specialized services and smaller towns offering basic services. This hierarchy helps understand economic activity and the distribution of communities, illustrating how and why certain areas develop as central hubs for trade and services within a given region.