urbanism:
the way of life, attitudes, values, and patterns of behavior
fostered by urban settings.
Early Cities:
prerequisites for development
Early cities were quite small by our standards.
Problems limiting the growth of early cities:
Emergence of the modern city:
Locational patterns and functions of American
cities:
gateway city:
city that serves as a link between one country or region and others
because of its physical situation.
economic base:
set of manufacturing, processing, trading, or services activities
that serve markets beyond the city.
These activities bring a net flow of income into the city.
basic functions:
economic activities that provide income from sales to customers
beyond city limits.
nonbasic functions:
economic activities that serve a city's own population.
urban system:
an interdependent set of urban settlements within a specified
region.
central place:
a settlement in which certain products and services are available
to customers.
centrality:
the functional dominance of cities within an urban system.
central place theory:
a theory that seeks to explain the relative size and spacing of
towns and cities as a function of people's shopping behavior.
threshold:
the minimum market size required to make the sale of a particular
product or service profitable.