Do Now: Tuesday 4/27
•What is the relationship between agriculture and development?
•What does agriculture look like in LDCs vs. MDCs? Why?•No direct quotes.•One sentence answers to each
question.•How does your map explain your
main concept?
Do Now: 5/6• Pick up the worksheet and a slip and take your seat•On the back of your handout, write your product,
and briefly answer the following questions:•How much land would be needed to produce
this?•How urgent is it to get your product to market?•How expensive is it to transport your product to
market?•How profitable is your product? (cost to
produce vs. price on the market)•How do these questions influence where
you would situate your production?
Von Thunen•land-use model that explains the
cost-to-distance relationship in agricultural land use around a city
•based on how labor-intensive type of crop/product
•variables: rent (cost of land), shelf life, rivers, value of crop
Village Central City
•von Thunen is a central-place model
•biggest market•high rent•land is scarce
Labor-Intensive Crop•land cost is high
•high profitability•transportation cost low•crops that require constant
weeding•fragile plants (herbs)•picked and then rushed to
market•animals produce perishable
items
Managed Forest
•Why put a forest here?•think of the transportation cost•lumber is renewable resource
Labor-Extensive Crops
•low-maintenance (plant and harvest)
•need a lot of land•no rush to market - can be stored
Grazing
•least labor-intensive•herds of cattle / sheep•need lots of land - animals roam
the hills
Land Rent Curve
•cost-to-distance
Application
•transportation costs as main variable
•other variables: edge cities, rivers, geographic obstacles
Summary
•In 1 sentence, summarize how the von Thunen model explains land use around cities.
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•Tomatoes•Corn•Dairy products•Wheat•Strawberries•Potatoes
Intensive or Extensive?
Exit Ticket
•What is the relationship between agriculture and development?
•What does agriculture look like in LDCs vs. MDCs? Why?
