Chapter 12: Services and Settlements Flashcards
Basic business
A business that sells its products or services primarily to customers outside the settlement.
Nonbusiness business
A business that sells its products primarily to consumers.
Settlement
A permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants
Clustered rural settlement
A rural settlement pattern in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other, with fields surrounding the settlement.
Dispersed rural settlement
A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages.
Economic base
A community’s collection of basic business.
Public services
A service offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses.
Business services
A service that primarily needs meets the needs of other businesses, including professional financial, and transportation services.
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 number of people who are willing to travel further.
Central place
A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area.
Enclosure movement
The process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century.
Range (of a service)
The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service.
Specialized producer-service center
A third level of cities that offer a narrow and specialized services (e.g. Detroit, Silicon Valley)
Market area (hinterland)
The area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services.
Global or World City
A city that is a major center of economic, political, and cultural activity.
