HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -There is only one market available, self-sufficient with no outside influence. All farmers are market oriented, producing goods for sale. (Not subsistence.) The physical environment is uniform; there are no rivers or mountains.

Detailed explanation-2: -The above figure provides an overview of Von Thunen’s agricultural land use model with the basic assumptions being applied (isolation, ubiquity, transportation).

Detailed explanation-3: -There are generally four main circles around the city that consist, from nearest to a town and moving outwards, of: 1) intense farming, 2) forest lands, 3) extensive farming, and 4) grazing. Rent prices for land are high near a city.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Von Thünen model is a predictive theory in human geography that predicts humans will use land in relation to the cost of land and the cost of transporting products to market. Human geography, a fairly new subject in relation to the Von Thünen Model, examines how humans interact in real, physical space.