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2007-06-22 22:36:29 · 3 answers · asked by cinnamonstar123 2 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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Applicable only in the past = before mass transportation and communication allowed ideas , goods and services to be spread globally ..

In those days I would say 'to the extent that some-one you met spoke recognisably the same language as you' (justification = you haven't influenced people that speak a different dialect)

These days, in many cases it's not even possible to define the boundaries of 'a settlement' ... for example, where does London 'stop' ? = at the M25 ? or at the limits of the Tube ? - or at some some other boundary ?? and some-one living in London who broadcasts on the BBC World Service may well be influencing the entire world

2007-06-26 08:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0 0

Hmm...
the spheres of influence will vary for different order functions...e.g. no one will travel to the next county to buy their newspaper and loaf of bread... but for something like a car or a television, theymight travel further afield to buy it.

one possible method would be ask people who shop there how far they have come from... however, this would be a biased test.

something better would be to ask people how far they are willing to travel for a certain good...

you could also plot on a map the services offered within a settlement, and then the closest equivalent services to find out how large the sphere of influence is for that service in that location (hope that makes sense).

i vaguely remember something about chrsitallers theory and different k values for differing fucntions... there is some sort of statistical test that you can do to find out how well a distribution of functions or settlements conforms to his theory, bu i cant really see how that links in with this question, lol.

thats about all i can think of at the moment.

2007-06-23 08:45:17 · answer #2 · answered by Mr singh 2 · 0 0

It puzzles me as to why its termed "sphere of influence" when a sphere is ball shaped. Clearly it should be circle.....

2007-06-23 05:40:13 · answer #3 · answered by R Stoofaloh 4 · 0 0

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