Von Thunen model: A model predicting agricultural land use based on transportation costs and land rent, with intensive farming closest to the market center.
How to apply it: Use the Von Thunen model to explain why dairy farms locate near cities while ranching occurs on the periphery.
Course: AP Human Geography · Unit: Agriculture and Rural Land-Use Patterns and Processes
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