GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Central Place Theory, Edge City, Public Land
16 Jan 2017
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Citiies are consumers of other goods and services. Cities are the producers and producers of materials. Therefore, cities are functionally connected to other cities and to surrounding non-urban(rural) areas. Given the fact of the importance and the situational location of cities, we can see that citoes are interconnected and do not function independently. Explains how cities in an urban system are spatially distributed. Cities compete with one another via the range of goods and services that each of them provide. Located so that accessibility is maximized to the largest possible range of consumers. Hinterland the area(or region) served by an urban center and where its goods and services are available: hamlet. Greater the range of goods and services (and more specialized) a city provides=greater the size of it"s hinterland: consider ny vs. hamilton. Ranking of cities based on population size and range of functions. Small number of goods and services available: top. Urban systems follow one of two distributions: rank-size.
