1. Introduction to Geography By Arthur Getis Judith Getis Jerome D. Fellmann

2. Chapter 12 Urban Geography

3. Overview §The Functions of Urban Areas §The Location of Urban Settlements §The Economic Base §Systems of Urban Settlements §Inside the City §Suburbanization in the United States §Central City Change §World Urban Diversity

4. The Functions of Urban Areas §Some Definitions

5. The Location of Urban Settlements §Site §Situation

6. The Economic Base §Basic Sector §Nonbasic Sector §Multiplier Effect

7. Systems of Urban Settlements §The Urban Hierarchy §Rank-Size and Primacy §World Cities §Urban Influence Zones §Central Places §Network Cities

8. Inside the City §The Competitive Bidding for Land §Land Values and Population Density §Models of Urban Land Use Structure §Social Areas of Cities l Social Status l Family Status l Ethnicity §Institutional Controls

9. Suburbanization in the United States §Suburban Sprawl §Megalopolis

10. Central City Change §Spatial Mismatch §Gentrification

11. World Urban Diversity §The United States and Canadian City §The West European City §The East European City §Cities in the Developing World l The Latin American City l The Asian and African City