What does CPT stand for?

These included central place theory (Christaller, 1933), spatial interaction theory (Reilly 1929, 1931), and the principle of minimum differentiation (Hotelling, 1929).

Present implications of Losch's work are then addressed in ten papers on economic flows in a Loschian urban system, continuous flow models, the stability of hexagonal tessellations, Losch and economic geography after 1990, central place theory after Christaller and Losch, technical progress and implicit dynamics of Loschian spatial demand, Loschian law of the N-n relationship, differentiation and fluctuation in the economies of regions, the impact of location and centrality on regional income, and nonprofits in a Loschian landscape.

Hendricks also brings to bear on the question of town growth a battery of geographical theories, including central place theory (the spatial pattern of retail markets), mercantile theory (the extension of wholesale long-distance trade), staple theory (the centralization of by-employments in staple economies), and functionalism (the geography of urban function).

This book appears to be aimed at the undergraduate level and for its analysis relies heavily on central place theory.

Ideas such as central place theory and core-periphery theory are as old as the hills.

Murphy summarizes his work and that of others on the topic, first describing the characteristics of the downtown area, and concepts of city structure and central place theory.