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- Title
The Changing Structure of the Central Place Hierarchy.
- Authors
Stabler, J. C.; Williams, P. R.
- Abstract
Increased attention has been devoted to the analysis of the way in which central place systems respond to changes in the economic-technical environment. In this paper the authors hope to provide some additional insights into this process through a study of changes in the functional characteristics of a central place hierarchy between 1961 and 1970. The area studied was the QuAppelle River basin in southeastern Saskatchewan. The selection of this geographical unit was dictated by the availability of a substantial quantity of primary data collected during 1970 while the authors were conducting an analysis of the economy of the basin for a federal-provincial study group. By fortunate coincidence the provincial capital, Regina, the largest city in the province, is located near the center of the basin. The study area thus includes the major part of that area within which Regina is the dominant nodal center. As is the case with most agricultural areas in the prairie provinces, the basin's rural population has been decreasing for many years. Within the basin the rural loss been somewhat more than offset by an increase in the population of incorporated centers.
- Subjects
QU'APPELLE River Valley (Sask. &; Man.); SASKATCHEWAN; CANADA; CENTRAL places; CITIES &; towns; CENTRAL economic planning; RURAL planning
- Publication
Land Economics, 1973, Vol 49, Issue 4, p454
- ISSN
0023-7639
- Publication type
Report
- DOI
10.2307/3145212