Von Thunen’s model can be used to understand the reasons of why different activities are located in different locations. Various factors contribute to the location of the activities portrayed in Figure X such as costs, transportation, distance, and perishability. Costs affect the location of Activity X because the closer this activity is to a large urban center, to more access it has to a larger market. Activity X demonstrates truck farming so the closer these farmers are to the urban center and the more accessibility they have, the more their products increase. Transportation is also another contributing factor due to the fact that a products rate perishability also comes into play. Various fruits and vegetables require to be located in specific
