Central places in western Kenya. A comparative regional study using quantitative methods

Auteur :
HENKEL, R.

Description :
The three Western Kenya districts of Bungoma, Trans Nzoia, and West Pokot are studied as a model region for Kenya. They represent the most important spatial types of the country: an area of the former Reserves characterized primarily by smallholder subsistence agriculture, a part of the former White Highlands with European-style large scale farming and a semi-arid area characterized by extensive semi-nomadic cattle husbandry. The methodological problem of the exact definition of a central Place is solved in an empiric-statistical way with the help of methods such as distance grouping and nearest-neighbour analysis. The investigation uses multivariate methods (factor analysis). The results lead to proposals for regional planning. (L'A.).


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Heidelberger geographische Arbeiten Heidelberg, 1979, n°. 54, nombre de pages : 274

Date :
1979