Ch. 12 Flashcards
What is an example of a consumer service?
Retail, health, education, and legion.
What aspects are important to the Central Place Theory?
Range, Threshold, Market Area.
Which city is an example that a primate city is NOT an example of the rank-size rule?
Mexico City (it is 5 times larger than the 2nd largest settlement, Guadalajara).
How far is the distance the government deems too far for low-income people to drive in a food desert?
1 mile.
Which U.S. global city is not ranked in the top three of business service or population?
New York, Chicago, and LA are the top 3.
Which organization does NOT maintain a list of offshore financial service centers?
The International Monetary Fund.
What would NOT happen if a basic sector got more jobs, thus stimulating more non-sector jobs?
A new supermarket doesn’t induce construction of a new car plant.
What are characteristics for a city that has a permanent settlement?
Large size, High Density, and Social Heterogeneity.
What are the characteristics of a primate city?
An urban center that is disproportionately larger than the second largest city in a country.
What is a technopole?
An area planned for high technology where agglomeration built on a synergy among technological companies occurs.
Example: Route 128 corridor in Boston.
What is New Urbanism?
A movement that aims to create walkable, sustainable, and livable communities.
What is the rank-size rule?
Model that indicates that the population of a city or town is inversely proportional to its rank in hierarchy.
Why do Indian companies have a competitive advantage over Chinese cities?
Due to the English language legacy of British colonialism in India.
What does Christaller’s Central Place Theory describe?
Model to explain & predict urban hierarchy and how each place interacts with one another.
What does the idea of a hinterland reveal about a city?
The surrounding service area of a city that includes smaller villages and hamlets.
What do site and situation describe?
Site is the absolute location of a city; Situation is the relative location of a city.
What is a world city?
A major urban center with significant global influence in economics, politics, and culture.
What would have the smallest range in Christaller’s Central Place Theory?
A grocery store.
Which region had the smallest percentage of urban citizens at the end of the 20th century?
South Asia (33%) and Sub-Saharan Africa (38%).
Which country is least urbanized?
Semi-periphery/periphery countries.
