6 Regional Plan · 6.1 Regional planning and the regional plan

6.1.2 Delineating regions: breaking point formula, law of retail gravitation, gravity model and population potential

Regions are delineated by measuring how strongly places pull on each other: by mapping actual flows, or by models that treat attraction as rising with population and falling with distance.

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Key terms

  • delineation
  • breaking point
  • Converse
  • Reilly
  • law of retail gravitation
  • gravity model
  • population potential
  • Stewart
  • Huff
  • flow analysis
  • weighted index
  • sphere of influence

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