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Service

An activity that fulfills a need, and provides money to the provider.

Primate City

Ex. Romania Bucharest=2million Largest city in a country that has more than twice as many people than the second largest. Ex. Romania Bucharest=2million Iasi=320,000

City-State

Independent central settlement that provides government, military protection and other services to its hinterland (ex. Athens, Sparta, Ur)

Threshhold

The minimum number of customers a business needs to sustain itself.

Range

The farthest distance a consumer will travel for a service

This type of rural settlement pattern has isolated farms.

Dispersed rural settlement

This type of rural settlement has buildings/farms centrally located with agricultural land surrounding

Clustered

This type of clustered rural settlement involves long tracts of land – to allow river or road access

French long-lot system Linear French long-lot system

This type of clustered settlement consistes of open-space surrounded by structures, then fields

Circular

A collection of vendors selling goods on certain days at a particular location

Periodic Market

Describe how the gravity model predicts optimal location

Optimal location is directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance people must travel to access it

Describe the Central Place Theory, using the words market-area and hexagon

Central Place theory states that competition between (central places) creates a regular pattern of settlements that depicts the market areas as hexagons, as to avoid overlap

Explain how some countries follow the Rank-Size rule….

Countries follow the rank-size rule when the nth-largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement Only wealthy MDCs can follow this, because they can economically support several large cities

Describe the Enclosure Movement—what happened and why?

Where-UK When-1750-1850 What- the redistribution of public land to the wealthy– (clustereddispersed) increasing efficiency, yet displacing villagers to industrial cities

Uh, Nonbasic and Basic Industries….what’s the difference?

Basic- industries that make goods to export out of the settlement NonBasic- industries whose customers live in the settlement (consumer services)

Name the 2 Alpha ++ Global Cities

London, NY, International centers of business, culture, infrastructure and political power

List the 4 factors that determine a global city..

International centers of business, culture, infrastructure and political power

Give an example for each service…. Public, business and consumer

Public: teachers, police, government workers Answers will vary…. Public: teachers, police, government workers Business: FIRE, transportation, Consumer: retail, health, education service,

Until the 19th century, World cities were located in _____________, then they shifted to __________. Why??

Industrial Revolution led to rapid urbanization in Europe ASIA EUROPE Industrial Revolution led to rapid urbanization in Europe

What happened to cities in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire

Reduction in urban populations

Name 3 of the original River Valley Civilizations

1. Mesopotamia / Fertile Crescent 2. Egypt 3. Indus Valley 4. China 5. Caral

Where and why would an investor choose an offshore financial institution?

Caribbean, microstates of Europe, other island countries. Why? Privacy, tax breaks

What is a back office function– and where have they moved to?

office work (payroll, accounting, etc) that has moved away from central industry to separate buildings or to LDC’s for cheap wage workers

Describe how the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors have changed in the US/Western Europe in recent decades

How did the IR influence the location of Global Cities?

The IR shifted global cities from East (China/India) to West (US and Europe)