chapter 12 Flashcards
an activity that fulfills a human want or need and returns money to the provider of that service.
service
three types of service
consumer, business, public
what is the one thing service needs to have
pay!
Principal purpose is to provide services to individual consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them.
consumer services
four main types of consumer services
1)Retail and wholesale services
2)Education services
3)Health and social services
4)Leisure and hospitality
what is the fastest growing type of consumer service
health and social services
Principal purpose is to facilitate other businesses
Business services
three main types of business services
professional serivces
financial services (FIRE)
transportation services
what does FIRE stand for
fincail, insurance, real estate
Purpose is to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses
Public services
permanent collection of buildings where people reside, work, and obtain services.
Settlement
helps to explain how the most profitable location can be identified.
Central Place Theory-
who made the cental place theory
walter chirstaller
a market center for the exchange of goods and services by people attracted from the surrounding area
Central Place
the area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted
Market Area/ Hinterland-
what type of region is a maret area
nodal region
maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service
Range
the minimum number of people needed to support the service
Threshold
what type of country have numerous small settlements with low threshold and short ranges and far fewer large settlement with high threshold and long ranges
developed
ranking settlements from largest to smallest population produces a regular pattern
Rank-Size Rule-
he largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
Primate City Rule
which rule is more likely seen in developed countries
ranking size rule
predicts that the optimal location of a service is directly related to the distance people must travel to access it.
gravity Model
a collection of individual vendors who come together to offer goods and services in a location on specified days
Periodic Market-
Services between consumer and business
ex: uber or lyft
sharing services
a major center for the provision of services in the global economy.
Global City
what are the six factors that rank global cities
economic (number of headquarters, law firms, financial institutions)
political (international events and hosting)
cultural (media outlets, sport facilitate, educational institutions)
infrastructure (airports, health care)
communications
transportation
what involves
1) Tax breaks include little to no taxes and income, profits, and capital gains. These are so-called tax havens
2)Bank secrecy laws can help individuals and businesses evade disclosure in their home countries
offshore financial services
what involves
1)processing , management of payroll, routine clerical activities
back-office function
why are developing countries attracting back offices
low wages
ablility to speak english
export primarily to consumers outside the settlement
Basic business
serve priority customers living in the sa settlement
Non Basic Business-
the unique cluster of basic businesses in a settlement
Economic Base
an agricultural-based community in which a number of families live in close proximity to each other, with field surrounding the collection of houses and farm buildings
Clustered Rural Settlement
characterized by farmers living on individual farms isolated from neighbors rather than alongside other farmers in settlements.
Dispersed Rural Settlement
how are farms set up in clustured rural settlements
circularly or linerarly
what are the four hearths of settlements
Mesopotamia
West egypt
China
Indus valley (south asia)
what were early consumer services
burrying the dead
what was early business services
trading things
what was early public services
guarded homes
the process by which the population of urban settlements grows
Urbanization
- an urban settlement with a total population in excess of 10 million people
Megacity
an urban settlement with a total population of more than 20 million people
Metacity
