GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Central Place Theory, Spatial Mismatch
3 Dec 2018
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Urban settlements rise from three main site and situation characteristics. Most metropolitan areas have access to a navigable waterway (important before roads) Ranking of cities based on their size and functional complexity. The nth largest city will be 1/n the size of the largest city. Only approximates the national systems of russia and the united states. Cities act as central places that are centers for the distribution of economic goods and services to a surrounding hinterland. Goods or services have a threshold population they need to capture to stay in business. Traveling to purchase a good or service mean the consumer is paying an actual price higher than the store price. Therefore, the farther one gets from a service, they less the demand is for the service provided. The maximum distance that one would travel to purchase a good or service. Very wide outer range because people are willing to travel great distances for the basic necessities.
