Chapter 12 Vocab Flashcards
Business services
Services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses
Basic industries
Industries that sell their products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement
CBD (central business district)
The area of the city where retail and office activities are clustered
Central place
A market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area
City-state
A sovereign state comprising of a city and its immediate hinterland
Clustered 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 settlement
Consumer services
businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail and personal services
dispersed rural settlement
a rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages
economic base
a community’s collection of basic industries
enclosure movement
The process of consolidating small landholdings into smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century.
Gravity model
A model that holds that the potential use of a services 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 (or hinterland)
The area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services.
Nonbasic industries
Industries that sell their products primarily to consumers in the community
Consumer services
businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail and personal services
dispersed rural settlement
a rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages
