Chapter+12

Vocabulary: Basic Industry || Command & Control Center || High-technology corridor || Primate city || Service || Business services || Consumer services || Hinterland || Primate city rule || Service Range || Central business district (CBD) || Dispersed rural settlements || Major City || Producer services || Technopole || Central place || Dominant city || Market area || Public services || Tertiary economic activity || Central place theory || economic base || Market-Area Analysis || Rank-size rule || Threshold || City-state || Enclosure movement || Nonlinear settlement || Retail || Transportation and Information Services || Clustered rural settlements || Gravity Model || Personal services || Secondary City || World City || Key Questions: Issue #1 Issue #2 Issue #3 Issue #4
 * 1) Where did services originate? What types of services were there?
 * 2) What the different types of services that exist? Why do so many types of services exist?
 * 3) How much access do people in rural areas have to services? Why? How has technology changed that?
 * 4) How has employment demographics changed in postindustrial societies?
 * 5) How have services changed over time?
 * 1) What is the central place theory? How can it be applied in real life? Give examples.
 * 2) How far are people willing to go to receive a service?
 * 3) How do businesses decide where to place a service, based on employment needs and consumer demand?
 * 1) What is a world city? How have they changed over time? Have specific examples (time periods and locations).
 * 2) Why do certain cities specialize in certain services?
 * 1) What role does the modern CBD play in the service industry?
 * 2) How do CBDs differ throughout the world?
 * 3) How do societies maintain their cultural identity in a CBD AND still modernize? Give an example.