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Basic Industries

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Industries that sell their products or services to consumers outside the community
Exports almost all of its production

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Business services

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Facilitate the activities of other businesses

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Consumer services

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Provide services to individuals consumers who desire them and can afford to pay for them

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Economic base

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A community’s unique collection of basic industries

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Non-basic industries

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Industries thy sell their products to consumers in the community

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Personal services

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Services that apply to personal needs

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Primary Sector of the economy

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Sector making use of natural resources

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Producer services

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Services that help people conduct business

Real estate

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Public services

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Provide security and protection for citizens and businesses

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Quaternary Sector of the economy

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Knowledge based parts of the economy

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Retail services

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Provide goods for sale to consumers

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Secondary Sector of the economy

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Production of goods

Industry

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Tertiary sector of the economy

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Services

Banks

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Transportation and information services

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Providing transportation and info to the public

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Business service example

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FedEx

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Consumer service example

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Education, health/social services

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Non-basic industry example

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Local grocery stores, other local businesses

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Personal service example

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Salon

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Primary Sector example

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Agriculture

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Secondary Sector example

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Building things, manufacturing

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Tertiary Sector example

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Retail services

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Quaternary Sector example

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Knowledgeable Sector, researching and development

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Producer services are

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1/6 of the jobs in the US

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Central place theory

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Explains the distribution of services. Settlements serve as centers of market areas for services.
The larger settlements are fewer and farther apart than smaller settlements

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Periodic Market (Farmers Market)
Vendors come together
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Which countries have the best education?
``` Singapore Hong Kong South Korea Japan Taiwan ```
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Which countries have the worst education?
69. Indonesia 75. South Africa 76. Ghana
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Where are most alpha cities?
Northern hemisphere
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Global cities
Have retail services w/ extensive markets. Also many specialized stores (Tiff + Co.) Have the most of everything Plays, concerts, operas, night clubs
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Alpha city
Plays major role internationally HUGE economic, political, social influence. Hubs for global industry and centers of culture Ex: Johannesburg
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Beta city
Cities that link moderate economic regions into the world economy Ex: Portland
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Gamma city
Cities that link smaller economic regions into the world economy Ex: Shenyang, China
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Nuceleatsd
Nucleus of the city
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Dispersed
Spread out, scattered
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Linear
Settlement follows road
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Isolated
Isolated
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Central place theory outside circle
``` Outside of circle is threshold Cities and metropolises are fully urban Metropolis: San Fran City: Santa Rosa Town: Sebastopol ```
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Villages and hamlets are
Rural settlements
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Metropolitan area
Contains # of physical cities | Operates as integrated while
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Physical city
Continuous development | Contains a central city and many nearby towns and cities
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Central city
The major city of an area | Contains the central business district (CBD)
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Urban function
Every city/town has an economic base | Basic Sector = export or local consumption
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Administrative
Manages, organizes. Capital cities are always in this category Ex: Salem
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Defensive
Most medieval cities but today any town that specializes in armed forces training
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Cultural centers
Cultural, education, religious functions | Ex: Mecca
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Collection town
Recourses are sent, collected, and sent out Mining towns, fishing ports, lumber yards, oil extraction Ex: Kuwait City
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Production centers
Manufacturing | Ex: N.Y.
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Transfer/Distribution center
Seaports or financial centers | Ex: N.Y.
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Resort
Natural and commercial amenities | Ex: Palm Springs
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Ethnoburbs
A suburban residential and business area w/ a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population Ex: Skokie, where the majority of the residents are Asian American
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Deterioration
Houses grow old and fall into a state of disrepair | -landlords abandon properties instead of keeping them
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Gentrification
the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
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Green belt
A zone of land around the city
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Public housing
Intent: decent and safe rental housing for eligible low-income families, the elderly, and persons w/ disabilities -can be houses or apts
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Squatter settlements
Where the people have no legal rights to the land they are built upon
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Planned communities
``` Infrastructure -Human made surroundings -the built environment -setting for human activity Ex: schools, roads ```
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Market Area
Surrounds central place, from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services
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Central place theory settlements serve as
Centers of markets areas for services

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