---
entity_slug: market_access_gradient
entity_type: Principle
vsm_system: S4
type_rationale: Market Access Gradient represents an abstract law that consistently
  governs how economic development patterns emerge based on proximity to trade infrastructure
  across different contexts and locations.
vsm_rationale: This principle operates within the intelligence system by revealing
  how economic systems adapt to environmental constraints and opportunities, scanning
  the relationship between geography and market development to understand broader
  patterns of economic evolution.
classified_at: '2026-02-23T11:12:12.867696'
---

# Classification: Market Access Gradient

## Entity Type

Principle

## VSM System

S4

## Type Rationale

Market Access Gradient represents an abstract law that consistently governs how economic development patterns emerge based on proximity to trade infrastructure across different contexts and locations.

## VSM Rationale

This principle operates within the intelligence system by revealing how economic systems adapt to environmental constraints and opportunities, scanning the relationship between geography and market development to understand broader patterns of economic evolution.
