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Functions of urban centres
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Central place function market town
Every town / city acts as a focus for its surrounding area by providing services and goods to them Services: retailing, legal, medical, education, banking, recreational…etc Goods: industrial products, newspaper, books…etc
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Transport function route focus
Lyons, France Shanghai, China Osaka, Japan
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Transport function ports
Fishing ports: Grimsby, Sicily, Italy Commercial ports: Liverpool, Rotterdam Ferry ports: Dover, UK Naval ports: Portsmouth, UK
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Industrial function industrial centre
Major centres of population due to industrialization Manchester, UK Essen, Germany
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Industrial function mining town
Rhondda, South Wales
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Cultural function centres of learning
Oxford, UK Cambridge, UK Leuven, Belgium
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Cultural function religious sites
Santiago de Compostela, Spain Mecca,
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Tourist function resort
Seaside resort: Pataya, Thailand Spa town: Hakodate (函館), Japan Winter sports resorts, Zermatt, Switzerland
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Military function defensive sites
Aigues Mortes, France Valdivostok, Russia
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Commercial function commercial / financial centre
Hong Kong Singapore Tokyo
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Administrative function administrative centre / capital city
Canberra, Australia London, UK
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