Hierarchy Of Business Services Flashcards
Geographers have —- levels of urban settlements according to their importance in the provision of business services
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What’s the top of the 4 urban settlements
World cities
4 levels of business services
1 world cities
2 command/control centers
3 specialized producer/service centers
4dependent centers
3 tiers of world cities
1-dominant world cities
2-MAJOR WORLD CITIES
3- SECONDARY WORLD CITIES
3 dominant world cities
london
new york
tokyo
-largest cities in 3 major regions
lots of financial stuff
9 major world cties
chicago los angeles washington brussels frankfort paris zurich sao paulo (LDC) singapore (LDC)
some banks have their heads in here rather than dominant
secondary world cities
4north america
houston
miami
san francisco
toronto
secondary world cities
7asia
bangkok bombay hongkong manila osaka seoul taipei
secondary world cities
5 europe
berlin madrid milan rotterdam vienna
secondary world cities 4 latin america
buenos aires
caacas
mexivo city
rio de janeiro
secondary world cities
2 africa and oceania
johannesburg and
sydney
what do command and control centers have
HQs of large corporations
banking facilities
other business services
important educational/medical/public services
the 2 levels of command and control centers
regional centers
subregional centers
what are specialized producer service centers
they highly specialized variety of services
2 groups of specialized cities
1-specialize in research and development
like motor vehicles in detroit…
2 specialize in centers of govnt and education (large colleges…)
