Class CentralPlaceTheory

java.lang.Object

org.episteme.social.geography.CentralPlaceTheory

public final class CentralPlaceTheory
extends Object

Christaller's Central Place Theory for urban hierarchy and distribution analysis.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Silvere Martin-Michiellot, Gemini AI (Google DeepMind)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static enum	CentralPlaceTheory.SettlementRank

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Quantity<Length>	calculateRange(Quantity<Area> thresholdArea)	Calculates the "Range" (service radius) of a good based on threshold area.
static int	getHierarchyCount(int k, CentralPlaceTheory.SettlementRank higher, CentralPlaceTheory.SettlementRank lower)	Estimates number of settlements of a given rank below a higher rank center.
static Map<CentralPlaceTheory.SettlementRank, Integer>	predictRegionalHierarchy(int topLevelCenters, int kFactor)	Predicts hierarchical distribution of settlements in a region.

Methods inherited from class Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getHierarchyCount

public static int getHierarchyCount(int k,
 CentralPlaceTheory.SettlementRank higher,
 CentralPlaceTheory.SettlementRank lower)

Estimates number of settlements of a given rank below a higher rank center. Calculated as N = k^(higher - lower).

calculateRange

public static Quantity<Length> calculateRange(Quantity<Area> thresholdArea)

Calculates the "Range" (service radius) of a good based on threshold area.

predictRegionalHierarchy

public static Map<CentralPlaceTheory.SettlementRank, Integer> predictRegionalHierarchy(int topLevelCenters,
 int kFactor)

Predicts hierarchical distribution of settlements in a region.