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26 Cards in this Set
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BASIC INDUSTIES
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industries that sell their products or services primarily to consumers outside the settlement
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BUSINESS SERVICES
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services that primarily meet the needs of other businesses
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CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT [CBD]
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the area of the city where retail and office activities are clustered
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CENTRAL PLACE
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a market center for the exchange of services by people attracted from the surrounding area
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CENTRAL PLACE THEORY
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theory that explains the distribution of services, based on the fact that settlements serve as centers of market areas for services; larger settlements are fewer and farther apart tahn smaller settlements and provide services for a larger number of people who are willing to travel farther
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CITY-STATE
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a sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland
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CLUSTERED RURAL SETTLEMENT
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rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other and fields surround the settlement
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CONSUMER SERVICES
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businesses that provide services primarily to individual customers
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DISPERSED RURAL SETTLEMENT
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a rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages
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ECONOMIC BASE
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a community's collection of basic industries
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ENCLOSURE MOVEMENT
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the process of consolidating small landholdings into a smaller number of larger farms in England during the eighteenth century
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GRAVITY MODEL
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a model that holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service
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MARKET AREA [HINTERLAND]
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the area surrounding a central place, from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services
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NONBASIC INDUSTRIES
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industries that sell their products primarily to consumers in the community
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PERSONAL SERVICES
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services that provide for the well-being and personal improvement of individual consumers
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PRIMATE CITY
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the largest settlement in a country, if it has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
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PRIMATE CITY RULE
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a pattern of settlements in a country, such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement
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PRODUCER SERVICES
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services that primarily help people conduct business
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PUBLIC SERVICES
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services offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens & business
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RANGE [OF A SERVICE]
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maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service
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RANK-SIZE RULE
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a pattern of settlements in a country, such that the nth settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement
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RETAIL SERVICES
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services that provide goods for sale to consumers
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SERVICE
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any activity that fulfills a human want or need & returns money to those who provide it
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SETTLEMENT
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permanent collection of buildings & inhabitants
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THRESHOLD
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the minimum number of people needed to support a service
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TRANSPORTATION & INFORMATION SERVICES
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services that diffuse and distribute services
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