Get homework out and prepare for reading quiz!

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?

Chapter 12

Services

• Service

Where did Services Originate?

Types of Services

• Consumer

• Business

• Public

Consumer Services

• Retail and wholesale

• Education

• Health

• Leisure and hospitality

Business Services

• Financial

• Professional

• Transportation and similar services

Public Services

• Provide security and protection

Why are Consumer Services Distributed in a Regular Pattern?

• Based on the size of a settlement

Central Place Theory

* Relationship b/t settlements of different sizes

* Goods and services

* Walter Chistaller (1930s)- southern Germany

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

Gravity Model

• Best location for a service is directly related to the # of people in the area

• Inversely related to the distance traveled

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

Primate city rule:

– Much larger or more important than any other city in that country

Get homework out. Prepare for reading quiz.

Reading Guide Unit 6.4

1. What is a hinterland?

2. Describe the difference between range and threshold.

3. What is a primate city?

• Remain silent while announcements are on. Get homework out. Prepare for quiz.

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?

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)

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.?

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Donald Trump was quoted saying “I will not believe that Bin Laden is dead until I see the death certificate.”

Bin Laden now regrets using his iPhone app to find his “current location”

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

4 levels of cities

• World cities

• Regional command and control centers

• Specialized producer-service

• Dependent centers

Modern World Cities

• Business services (financial)• Retail services and leisure and cultural services• National/international power• Important international stock exchanges• London, New York, Tokyo

Command and control centers

• Headquarters of large corporations

• Concentration of business services

• Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Des Moines

Specialized producer service

• Management and research

• Development activities

• Detroit

Dependent centers

• Depended on decisions made in world cities• For economic well b eing• Unskilled jobs• San Diego- industrial and military dependent

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

CBD

• department store

• specialized shops

• Advertising and banking

CBD

• Land costs are high

• Skyscrapers give distinctive image

Suburbs

• Businesses spreading to suburbs

• Peripheral location– Land costs/customers