A group of buildings where people live, work, and obtain services
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Proximity to markert
Determining factor for location in the service industry
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The three types of services
Consumer, business, public
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Consumer services
to provide services to individual consumers to those who will pay for them
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business services
provides services to other businesses
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the three types of business services
financial, professional, transportation
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the four types of consumer services
retail, education, health, leisure & hospitality
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trend of employment in the US
increase in tertiary, decrease in secondary
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Public services
provide security and protection (most employed by government) ( fire and police departments)
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Professional services
have seen the greatest increase in business services
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The military
the most common public service job in ancient civilizations
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Mesopotamia
Houses were arranged in rows, cemeteries were outside the walls
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Athens
the most famous city-state of ancient greece (culture & art)
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Rome
centers of trade; at least 250,000 people
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Asia
the worldâs largest cities in the middle ages were inâŠ
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the 2 primary types of clustered rural settlements
circular- homes are arranged in a circle around an open area and farmland surrounds the homes (von thunen rings)
linear- housing along a road or river and fields are farmed sort of at right angles to the road or river
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A âcommonâ
a peice of open land for public use, especially in a village or town
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new england
often built clustered settlements around a common (homes, public buildings)
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benefits for the english building around commons
they often traveled in groups and were given land by the king
they wanted to live close together to reinforce a common culture
they clustered for defense purposes
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dispersed rural settlements
were found inefficient bc farmers had to spend time traveling and they had to build more roads
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mid-atlantic colonies
tended to form more dispersed settlements in part bc the people of this region were more heterogeneous
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The pattern worldwide
small farms are vanishing. farms are now huge and as a result most people now live in cities
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Louis Wirth
argued that urban residents have a different way of life than rural residents. said there are 3 main differences between cities and rural areas that produce different behaviors in citizens. (applies much more in LDCâS)
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louis worthâs 3 differences
Large size- in a rural setting you know most of the people you deal with, in urban settings you are more contractual
high density- an urban areaâs high density forces people to become highly specialized in order for so many people to function in little space
social heterogeneity- much more heterogeneous cultures in urban areas, but this makes people feel more lonely
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Latin America
an exception to the idea that a high percentage of people in urban areas indicates that a country is a MDC
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Moving into cities reflects an increase in ___ sector jobs
tertiary
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have a higher percentage of urban residents, but ___ have more of the huge urban settlements
MDCâs ; LDCâs
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people in LDCâs are moving into cities rapidly, but the NIR in the countryside is still very âŠ
high ( for example africa)
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The single most important factor in the profitability of a consumer service
location
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central place theory
helps explain how the most profitable location can be identified
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walter cristaller
created the central place theory
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central place
a market center by people attracted from the surrounding area. the closer people live to the core, the more likely they are to use those services
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the closer people live to the _____ the more likely consumers are to purchase services in other market areas
perimeterge
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geographers use ___ on maps to illustrate market regions in the US
hexagons
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to determine the size of a market geographers look at the âŠ.
range and threshold
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range
the maximum distance people will drive for a service
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as a rule, people go to their nearest available service, so the circles that represent the markets are usually __ drawn
irregularly
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threshold
the minimum number of people needed to support a servicem
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most important concern when deciding where to locate inside a marketmi
minimize the distance to the service for the largest number of people
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