agriculture
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•What type of agricultural activity is depicted in each of the slides?
Cattle
Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?
Intensive vs extensive land use?
Commercial vs. subsistence?
Sedentary vs. nomadic?
Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Wheat
Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?
Intensive vs extensive land use?
Commercial vs. subsistence?
Sedentary vs. nomadic?
Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Rice
Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?
Intensive vs extensive land use?
Commercial vs. subsistence?
Sedentary vs. nomadic?
Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Bananas
• Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?• Intensive vs extensive land use?• Commercial vs. subsistence?• Sedentary vs. nomadic?• Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Vegetables
• Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?• Intensive vs extensive land use?• Commercial vs. subsistence?• Sedentary vs. nomadic?• Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Fishing
• Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?• Intensive vs extensive land use?• Commercial vs. subsistence?• Sedentary vs. nomadic?• Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
Pigs
• Labor intensive vs. capital intensive?• Intensive vs extensive land use?• Commercial vs. subsistence?• Sedentary vs. nomadic?• Irrigated vs non-irrigated?
The Von Thünen Model
…applying von Thunen’sbasic assumptions
…von Thunen’s model withVariations in climate factored in--the north is colder than the South.
Market gardens are close to urban centers.
Agricultural landscape• In the Eastern Hemisphere fragmented farms are
the rule– Farmers live in farm villages or hamlets– Fields are situated at varying distances and directions
from the settlement– One farm can consist of one hundred or more separate
parcels of land– In Asia and southern Europe individual plots may be
roughly rectangular– Narrow strips are most common in Western and central
Europe
Agricultural landscape
• Long-lot farms– A landholding consisting of a long, narrow
unit-block stretching back from a road, river, or canal
– Typical in the Canadian maritimes, parts of Quebec, and parts of Texas.
The township and range system imposed a rectangular grid on the
landscape.
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