Do Now: Tuesday 4/27

•What is the relationship between agriculture and development?

•What does agriculture look like in LDCs vs. MDCs? Why?•No direct quotes.•One sentence answers to each

question.•How does your map explain your

main concept?

Do Now: 5/6• Pick up the worksheet and a slip and take your seat•On the back of your handout, write your product,

and briefly answer the following questions:•How much land would be needed to produce

this?•How urgent is it to get your product to market?•How expensive is it to transport your product to

market?•How profitable is your product? (cost to

produce vs. price on the market)•How do these questions influence where

you would situate your production?

Von Thunen•land-use model that explains the

cost-to-distance relationship in agricultural land use around a city

•based on how labor-intensive type of crop/product

•variables: rent (cost of land), shelf life, rivers, value of crop

Village Central City

•von Thunen is a central-place model

•biggest market•high rent•land is scarce

Labor-Intensive Crop•land cost is high

•high profitability•transportation cost low•crops that require constant

weeding•fragile plants (herbs)•picked and then rushed to

market•animals produce perishable

items

Managed Forest

•Why put a forest here?•think of the transportation cost•lumber is renewable resource

Labor-Extensive Crops

•low-maintenance (plant and harvest)

•need a lot of land•no rush to market - can be stored

Grazing

•least labor-intensive•herds of cattle / sheep•need lots of land - animals roam

the hills

Land Rent Curve

•cost-to-distance

Application

•transportation costs as main variable

•other variables: edge cities, rivers, geographic obstacles

Summary

•In 1 sentence, summarize how the von Thunen model explains land use around cities.

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•Tomatoes•Corn•Dairy products•Wheat•Strawberries•Potatoes

Intensive or Extensive?

Exit Ticket

•What is the relationship between agriculture and development?

•What does agriculture look like in LDCs vs. MDCs? Why?