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1.Give an example of a type of job in the following categories: - consumer service, - a business service, -and a public service 2. What is a central business district? (CBD) 3. What is a primate city?
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Chapter 12 Services
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Service
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Where did Services Originate?
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Types of Services Consumer Business Public
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Consumer Services Retail and wholesale Education Health Leisure and hospitality
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Business Services Financial Professional Transportation and similar services
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Public Services Provide security and protection
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Why are Consumer Services Distributed in a Regular Pattern? Based on the size of a settlement
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Central Place Theory * Relationship b/t settlements of different sizes * Goods and services * Walter Chistaller (1930s)- southern Germany
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Central Place Theory Services will have a market area or hinterland of potential costumers Urban settlements will have a market area Range- max. distance that people are willing to travel for a service Threshold- minimum # of people needed to support a service
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Gravity Model Best location for a service is directly related to the # of people in the area Inversely related to the distance traveled
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Hierarchy of Services Larger settlements will provide consumer services that have large thresholds, ranges, and market areas Rank size rule: nth-largest settlement is 1/nth the population of the largest settlement
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Primate city rule: –Much larger or more important than any other city in that country
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Get homework out. Prepare for reading quiz.
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Reading Guide Unit 6.4 1.What is a hinterland? 2.Describe the difference between range and threshold. 3.What is a primate city?
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Remain silent while announcements are on. Get homework out. Prepare for quiz.
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Reading Quiz Unit 6.5 1.What is a city-state? 2.What is the central business district? 3.Why is the amount of suburbs in the United States expanding?
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Tomorrow 3 FRQ’s timed. 60 minutes. 1.Demographic transition model (Chapter 2) 2.Extinction of languages (Chapter 5) 3.International organizations (NATO and the EU) (Chapter 8)
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Warm Up Monday 5/2 What effect do you think Bin Laden’s death will have on Al-Qaeda? What are your opinions on the “patriotic celebrations” that are happening in New York and D.C.? Get homework out
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Donald Trump was quoted saying “I will not believe that Bin Laden is dead until I see the death certificate.”
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Bin Laden now regrets using his iPhone app to find his “current location”
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Rank Size Rule in NC Charlotte-734242 Raleigh-403-,8923 Greensboro -269,6664 WinstonSalem-229,6175 Durham-228,3306 Fayetteville-200,5647 Cary-135,2348 Wilmington-106,4769 High Point-104,371 http://www.citypopulation.de/USA
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4 levels of cities World cities Regional command and control centers Specialized producer-service Dependent centers
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Modern World Cities Business services (financial) Retail services and leisure and cultural services National/international power Important international stock exchanges London, New York, Tokyo
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Command and control centers Headquarters of large corporations Concentration of business services Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Des Moines
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Specialized producer service Management and research Development activities Detroit
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Dependent centers Depended on decisions made in world cities For economic well b eing Unskilled jobs San Diego- industrial and military dependent
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Why do Services Cluster Downtown? Central Business district: –Center of a city where services have clustered –3 types of retail: High threshold Long range Serve people who work in center
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CBD department store specialized shops Advertising and banking
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CBD Land costs are high Skyscrapers give distinctive image
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Suburbs Businesses spreading to suburbs Peripheral location –Land costs/customers
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