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central place theory

geographical theory explaining the number, size and location of human settlements in an urban system
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central place theory

Summary

central place theory is a theory[1]. It draws 314 Wikipedia views per month (theory category, ranking #44 of 323).[2]

Key Facts

  • central place theory is credited with the discovery of Walter Christaller[3].
  • central place theory's instance of is recorded as theory[4].
  • central place theory's GND ID is recorded as 4190723-1[5].
  • central place theory's Commons category is recorded as Central place theory[6].
  • central place theory's said to be the same as is recorded as Q190630[7].
  • central place theory's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1933-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • central place theory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jx3j[9].
  • central place theory's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/central-place-theory[10].
  • central place theory's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 4675577[11].
  • central place theory's Quora topic ID is recorded as Central-Place-Theory[12].
  • central place theory's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2776873955[13].
  • central place theory's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 181929[14].
  • central place theory's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as teoriia-tsentral-nykh-mest-1b5eb3[15].

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Works and Contributions

central place theory is credited with the discovery of Walter Christaller[3].

Why It Matters

central place theory draws 314 Wikipedia views per month (theory category, ranking #44 of 323).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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