1. Theories and Concepts

2. Central Place Theory ●Threshold- number of people to support ●Range- distance people are willing to travel for services ○The more specialized the large the threshold and range is ●There is a node, hearth and the area around it is serviced by it ●Order of largest to smallest- megalopolis, metropolitan, city, town, village, hamlet ●Old circle model is impossible because the circles leaves areas in which people live unaccounted for

3. US Technopoles a center of high-tech manufacturing and information-based quaternary industry

4. Silicon Valley Located between San Francisco and San Jose Headquarters of information and technology in US Huge number of law firms. Why? –Patent lawyers to protect companies from getting sued

5. Facebook Also: Yahoo!, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Hewlett-Packard

6. MIT to Washington Massachusetts Institute of Technology all the way to Washington DC Also a what? –a megalopolis

9. Seattle, WA Technological hub for many companies, such as: Microsoft, Amazon, Expedia, Nintendo of America, T-Mobile USA Closer to innovation easier it is to use Agglomerates for labor

11. Metroplex Dallas-Ft. Worth area Formal Region Large metropolitan area Includes: AT&T, Texas Instruments, Metro PCS, Verizon

12. Rank-Size and Primacy

13. Primate City oCity in a country that are more than twice as large as any other city o Dominates political, cultural, economic affairs of a country o Way larger than the 2nd largest city · Ex. Tokyo, Paris, Mexico City, London, Seoul, Athens o None in the US, Brazil, and Australia

14. Rank-Size Rule ●Px=P1/x ○X= rank ○P1= population of largest city ○Px= population size of ranked city ●Primate city throws this off

15. PoP Video #24 http://www.learner.org/series/powerofplace/page24.html