Publication Date

5-6-1977

Abstract

This study attempts to explain a particular type of geographical distribution of central places (places with commercial functions). This distribution,, the dendritic system, appears in "underdeveloped" regions of the world and has six features as follows: (1) convergence of commercial networks on one regional urban hub; (2) a large number of rural centers per urban center; (3) a tendency for firms in each rural center to trade with those in only one urban center; (4) the failure of smaller centers to locate in the interstices of the trade areas of the larger centers; (5) a rural-urban contrast in class and often ethnic composition; and (6) the drainage of resources, population, and purchasing power by the major commercial center from its rural hinterland.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Anthropology

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Anthropology

First Committee Member (Chair)

Harry Wetherald Basehart

Second Committee Member

Henry Cosad Harpending

Third Committee Member

Carol A. Smith

Fourth Committee Member

Louise Lamphere

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