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Subject:        RE: MAPS-L: Reference Question?
Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:47:23 -0600
From:   McEathron, Scott R <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


David,
Some of the measures used by the late professor John R. Borchert in his book "America's northern heartland" may be useful to the student.  In his thesis, Minneapolis/St. Paul was the central place of the  "northern heartland."

Best wishes,
Scott

P.S. Nice to see Harvard is interested in Geography again

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Subject:        Reference Question?
Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:45:45 -0500
From:   David Cobb <[log in to unmask]>
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Folks -

Just when you think you've heard it all --- one of our students has an
interesting question regarding cultural interaction. Specifically, they
wish to "measure" the amount of contact that the people of one city have
with the rest of their country and world? More specifically, they are
looking at this relationship for Tirana, Albania; Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria;
Indore and Jabalpur, India? My instinct tells me there is some indirect
relationship here to central place theory but am wondering if others may
have some ideas -- all appreciated no matter how abstract. Thanks.

David Cobb

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