Functions of Welsh Towns: Implications for Central Place Notions

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The Ecology of Rural Ethnic Groups and the Spatial Dimensions of Power1

“…Classical central place studies schematically assume a uniform plain (Thunen 1826;Weber 1929;Christaller 1966;Loesch 1954), but recent studies have stressed the failure of such idealized patterns to represent real conditions; high friction areas render idealize d f o r mu la t i o n s practically useless (Whebell 1969;Chapman 1970;Carter et al 1970;cf. Christaller 1966:196, fn,).…”