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Services Chapter 12 K1. What is meant by services? Activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those that provide it. Relationship.

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1 Services Chapter 12 K1

2 What is meant by services? Activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to those that provide it. Relationship between type of services and where they are located Settlement is where one finds a concentration of services (large to small scale) Distribution of services must follow to a large extent the distribution of where people settle. Globalization = increasingly uniformity of services Local diversity of services remains in part to uniqueness of place

3 Objectives 1) Three Types of Services 2) Services in Early Rural Settlements 3) Services in Early Urban Settlements

4 Three Types of Services Consumer Services 1) Retail & Wholesale 15% 2) Education 10% 3) Health 12% 4) Leisure and Hospitality 10% 44% all jobs in US

5 Three Types of Services Business Services 1) financial 6% 2) Professional 12% 3) Transportation and Information 6% 24% of jobs in US

6 Three Types of Services Public Services: 1) federal government ¼ 2) ¼ state government 3) local government ½ 17% of jobs in US

7 Since 1970, all growth in US has been in which sector?

8 Services in the Recession of 2008

9 Services in Early Rural Settlements Death > Funeral services > Cemetery > Priests > Rituals > more structures related to death Impact of a permanent dwelling Search for food/ agriculture> mill for household objects > markets/ granary/warehouses > inns/restaurants for traders > financial services/ common currency > walls/forts against invaders > Hobby Lobby Dave and Busters

10 Early Urban Settlements, Ur Iraq

11 Titris Hoyuk, Turkey

12 Knossos, Greece

13 Athens & Rome

14 Services in Medieval Cities of Europe Feudalism = social, political, military and economical system of Lords, Vassals, Knights, Serfs Urbanization begins in the 11 th century

15 Most Populous Cities by A.D. 900 Baghdad (Iraq), Constantinople (Turkey), Kyoto (Japan, Chang’an (China), Hangzhou (China Before Industrial Revolution Canton (China) Beijing (China) Agra (India) Cairo (Egypt) Canton (China) Isfahen (Iran) Osaka (Japan) Early 1800’s: London first European city to break into the top 10


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