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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 12: Services The Cultural Landscape: An Introduction to Human Geography
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Services Service = any activity that fulfills a human want or need Services are located in settlements ◦ Location of services is important for profitability ◦ Affluent regions tend to offer more services ◦ Local diversity is evident in the provision of services
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Three types of services ◦ In the United States, all employment growth has occurred in the services sector (see Fig 12-2 in your text) **See your text for a breakdown of each service
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Banker, Rich Central Teacher, Police, Fire Fighter, Bus Driver, Best Buy Employee, Starbucks Employee
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Percentage of GDP from Services, 2005 Figure 12-1 Which type of countries get their GDP from services?
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. KI 1: Where Did Services Originate? Services in early rural settlements ◦ Early consumer services met societal needs Examples = burial of the dead, religious centers, manufacturing centers ◦ Early public services probably followed religious activities ◦ Early business services to distribute and store food
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. KI 1: Where Did Services Originate? Services in early urban settlements ◦ Services in ancient cities (Ur, Athens, Rome) Religion, wine production, weaving (culture)
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. KI 2: Where Are Contemporary Services Located? Services in rural settlements ◦ Half of the world’s population lives in rural settlements ◦ Two types Clustered rural settlements Circular or linear Clustered settlements in Colonial America Dispersed rural settlements In the United States In Great Britain Enclosure movement
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Rural Settlement Patterns-Which are clustered? Figure 12-10
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. KI 2: Where Are Contemporary Services Located? Services in urban settlements ◦ Increasing percentage of people in cities ◦ Increasing number of people in cities ◦ Differences between urban and rural settlements? Large size High density Social heterogeneity
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Percentage of Population Living in Urban Settlements – Do you see a pattern? Figure 12-14
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© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Urban Settlements With Populations of at Least 3 Million – Where are the biggest cities? Figure 12-15
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