Key Vocab Flashcards
High order services
Service is not needed often, selling comparison goods
Low order services
Services needed often
Sphere of influence
The areas served by a settlement
Threshold population
Minimum number of potential customers
Range
Distance people are willing to prepare to travel to use a service
Comparison goods
Products purchased in frequently so customers usually evaluate prices
Convenience goods
Goods purchased frequently and with minimum effort
Regeneration
Improving an area that has been seen experiencing a period of decline
Gentrification
Process of renovation and revival of deteriorated urban neighbourhoods by means of influx of more affluent residents
Urban sprawl
The spreading urban developments (houses and stopping centres) and undeveloped land nearest city.
Rural population
Decrease of population in rural areas
Counter urbanisation
When people move from the city to the rural areas
