GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Central Place Theory, Centrality, Global City

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1HB3
• Professor: Michael Mercier

Document Summary

Introduction: the location of urban centres: central place theory. Urban hierarchies: rank-size distribution, primate cities. In doing so, urban centres are functionally connected to other urban centres and to the surrounding non-urban (rural) areas. Many of the connections between urban centres are related to their absolute and relati(cid:448)e lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374) related to their a(cid:271)solute (cid:894)site(cid:895) a(cid:374)d relati(cid:448)e (cid:894)situatio(cid:374)(cid:895) lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s . Whther it is centrally (strategically) located (or not) Effi(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) of lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374) is asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith a(cid:374) ur(cid:271)a(cid:374) (cid:272)e(cid:374)tre(cid:859)s site and/or situation. Along a coast, at the head of a bay or estuary, at a river crossing, etc. Given: (cid:858)situatio(cid:374)al(cid:859) lo(cid:272)atio(cid:374)s of ur(cid:271)a(cid:374) (cid:272)e(cid:374)tres; a(cid:374)d. Interconnected functions of urban centres (ie. producers, consumers, and distributors of goods and services) Then: urban centres do not function independently. The area in which an central place competes with its neighbours over customers is a hinterland .