Semester 2 Final Flashcards
Basic Industries
Industries that sell their products or services to consumers outside the community
Exports almost all of its production
Business services
Facilitate the activities of other businesses
Consumer services
Provide services to individuals consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them
Economic base
A community’s unique collection of basic industries
Non-basic industries
Industries thy sell their products to consumers in the community
Personal services
Services that apply to personal needs
Primary Sector of the economy
Sector making use of natural resources
Producer services
Services that help people conduct business
Real estate
Public services
Provide security and protection for citizens and businesses
Quaternary Sector of the economy
Knowledge based parts of the economy
Retail services
Provide goods for sale to consumers
Secondary Sector of the economy
Production of goods
Industry
Tertiary sector of the economy
Services
Banks
Transportation and information services
Providing transportation and info to the public
Business service example
FedEx
Consumer service example
Education, health/social services
Non-basic industry example
Local grocery stores, other local businesses
Personal service example
Salon
Primary Sector example
Agriculture
Secondary Sector example
Building things, manufacturing
Tertiary Sector example
Retail services
Quaternary Sector example
Knowledgeable Sector, researching and development
Producer services are
1/6 of the jobs in the US
Central place theory
Explains the distribution of services. Settlements serve as centers of market areas for services.
The larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements
Periodic Market (Farmers Market)
Vendors come together
Which countries have the best education?
Singapore Hong Kong South Korea Japan Taiwan
Which countries have the worst education?
- Indonesia
- South Africa
- Ghana
Where are most alpha cities?
Northern hemisphere
Global cities
Have retail services w/ extensive markets. Also many specialized stores (Tiff + Co.)
Have the most of everything
Plays, concerts, operas, night clubs
Alpha city
Plays major role internationally
HUGE economic, political, social influence. Hubs for global industry and centers of culture
Ex: Johannesburg
Beta city
Cities that link moderate economic regions into the world economy
Ex: Portland
Gamma city
Cities that link smaller economic regions into the world economy
Ex: Shenyang, China
Nuceleatsd
Nucleus of the city
Dispersed
Spread out, scattered
Linear
Settlement follows road
Isolated
Isolated
Central place theory outside circle
Outside of circle is threshold Cities and metropolises are fully urban Metropolis: San Fran City: Santa Rosa Town: Sebastopol
Villages and hamlets are
Rural settlements
Metropolitan area
Contains # of physical cities
Operates as integrated while
Physical city
Continuous development
Contains a central city and many nearby towns and cities
Central city
The major city of an area
Contains the central business district (CBD)
Urban function
Every city/town has an economic base
Basic Sector = export or local consumption
Administrative
Manages, organizes. Capital cities are always in this category
Ex: Salem
Defensive
Most medieval cities but today any town that specializes in armed forces training
Cultural centers
Cultural, education, religious functions
Ex: Mecca
Collection town
Recourses are sent, collected, and sent out
Mining towns, fishing ports, lumber yards, oil extraction
Ex: Kuwait City
Production centers
Manufacturing
Ex: N.Y.
Transfer/Distribution center
Seaports or financial centers
Ex: N.Y.
Resort
Natural and commercial amenities
Ex: Palm Springs
Ethnoburbs
A suburban residential and business area w/ a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population
Ex: Skokie, where the majority of the residents are Asian American
Deterioration
Houses grow old and fall into a state of disrepair
-landlords abandon properties instead of keeping them
Gentrification
the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
Green belt
A zone of land around the city
Public housing
Intent: decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons w/ disabilities
-can be houses or apts
Squatter settlements
Where the people have no legal rights to the land they are built upon
Planned communities
Infrastructure -Human made surroundings -the built environment -setting for human activity Ex: schools, roads
Market Area
Surrounds central place, from which people are attracted to use the place’s goods and services
Central place theory settlements serve as
Centers of markets areas for services
