Center-periphery model

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The center-periphery model is a theoretical model that shows the relationship between centers, usually cities , and peripheries , i.e. more rural areas.

center

From the point of view of the administrative structure and spatial planning - with slightly different meanings - a main town or central place is the locality that represents the economic, intellectual or administrative center of a geographical area . Central locations are places in which administrative , service , transport, cultural, educational and economic functions for a surrounding area are concentrated. Due to this concentration, such a place occupies an important position for its surrounding area (“excess of meaning”). Central locations, in turn, often form a hierarchy among themselves or build up a scheme of the division of functions of centrality. One such scheme is, for example, the system of central locations , which goes back to spatial studies in the 1930s. In addition, further scientific approaches and models for explaining the origin and function of centrality and central places have emerged.

Periphery

In geography the term periphery is used to describe a contrast to a center. It can be used locally, i.e. within a city , regionally within a country , a continent or globally for the entire earth . It is often used to show or explain spatial disparities .

application

Usually the more developed countries of the northern hemisphere (formerly First World ) are seen as centers, the peripheries (formerly Third World ) are commonly associated with "poorer" countries of the southern hemisphere , especially Africa . A definition that dates back to the 1950s and is now considered obsolete.

Centers typically correlate strongly with the concept of power and are in conflict with peripheral environments that are rich in resources but not able to make adequate use of them. The term " exploitation " is closely related to the subject.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Center-periphery model. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ The end of the “Third World”. March 21, 2018, accessed June 25, 2019 (German).
  3. ^ Center-periphery model. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .
  4. ^ Center-periphery model. Retrieved June 25, 2019 .