STUDY CONCERNING URBAN NETWORK: PIONEERS OF THE THEORY OF CENTRAL PLACE

• Autor(a) principal: Bessa, Kelly
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: GeoTextos (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/geotextos/article/view/6222
• topic: Urban network; Hierarchy of urban centers; Theory of central place.; Rede urbana; Hierarquia dos centros urbanos; Teoria das localidades centrais

Within studies concerning urban networks those that refer to hierarchies of their centers stand out most. One of the richest and best known bases is the “theory of central place” formulated by Walter Christaller and published in 1933. In this context this study aims at presenting contributions to the study of hierarchies in urban centers which antecede the classic above mentioned study. It is noteworthy that these studies were, later, more profoundly examines by Christaller through a extensive bibliographic collection, which resulted in full systemization of the theme of space organization of urban centers, already in the 1930s, according to his hierarchy.