GH Geographica Helvetica GH Geogr. Helv. 2194-8798 Geographisch-Ethnographische Gesellschaft Zürich Göttingen, Germany 10.5194/gh-49-87-1994 Du modèle au territoire : le peuplement de la Suisse, à l'exemple de régions-test Hussy C. 1 Université de Genève, Institut de Géographie, Uni-Mail, 102, boulevard Carl-Vogt, 1211 Genève 4, Switzerland 30 06 1994 49 2 87 97 Copyright: © 1994 C. Hussy 1994 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is available from https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/49/87/1994/gh-49-87-1994.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://gh.copernicus.org/articles/49/87/1994/gh-49-87-1994.pdf

In the tradition of studies about central places theory in urban Systems, some contributions have emphasized the invariability of the concentration index in Systems of a certain size, that comply with one of the main organizing principles elucidated by W. Christaller. This research of the structural change is an empirical, longitudinal study of some Swiss representative regions(1850-1990), their transformation of agricultural land into industrial and urban-industrial territoriality, and a prevision of their future.Central places, hierarchical structure, Swiss urban System.