Chapter 12 Flashcards
Business services
Services that primarily meet the needs of other business including professional, financial, and transportation services
Central place
A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding areas
Central place theory
A theory that explains the distribution of services based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements and provide services for a larger amount of people who are willing to travel farther distances
City state
A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland
Custard rural settlement
A rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other and fields surround the settlements
Consumer services
Business that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health, and leisure services
Dispersed rural settlement
A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages
Economic base
A communities collection of basic industries
Enclosure movement
The process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century
Gravity model
A model that holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service
Market area (hinterland)
The area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to the place’s goods and services.
No basic industries
Industries that sell their products primarily to consumers in the community
Primate city
The largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second ranking settlement
Primate city rule
A pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
Public services
Services offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and business
