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GATE 2021 AR – Question 19

Urban Land Use and Transportation · Economics concepts of land, rent, land use and land values · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Match bid-rent diagrams P, Q, R to their land-use categories under Alonso’s theory.

Diagram for GATE 2021 AR question 19
  1. P manufacturing;Q residential;R retail
  2. P retail;Q residential;R manufacturing
  3. P residential;Q retail;R manufacturing
  4. P retail;Q manufacturing;R residential

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Correct answer: (D) P retail;Q manufacturing;R residential

Explanation

Retail has the steepest central bid-rent curve because access to the centre is especially valuable. Manufacturing is intermediate, while residential bids decline more gently with distance. Hence P retail, Q manufacturing, R residential, D. The curves show relative willingness to pay at each distance.

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