ch 12 Flashcards

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suburb

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subsidiary area, a functionally specialized segment of a large urban complex, dependent on an urban area

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Metropolitan area

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refers to a large-scale functional entity, may contain several urbanized areas, discontinuously built up but operating as an integrated economic whole (already established)

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3
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The five factors important for the early development of cities

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-fertile soil nearby
-presence of water for transportation
-availability of building materials
-defensible situation
-technology for agricultural production and food transport and storage

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4
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The common characteristic of cities today

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they are nucleated, nonagricultural settlements

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5
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basic sectors of the economic base

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made up of the activities of people that bring in money from outside the community

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6
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nonbasic sectors of the economic base

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workers produce goods or services for residents of the city itself

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7
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The 3 main functions of cities

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-central place functions: providing general goods and services for a surrounding area
-transport functions
-specialized functions not necessarily geared to the local area

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Residents of larger and more complex cities tend to segregate themselves into groups on the basis of what 3 characteristics

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social status, family status, ethnicity

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9
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Know the information on the slide entitled, “planned cities”

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-some capital cities have been relocated outside the core regions of their countries to
1.achieve the presumed advantages of centrality
2. to encourage more-uniform national development

-other cities are developed to draw population away from overgrown metropolises and/or to house industrial or transport centers

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