Geography 1100 Study Guide - Central Place Theory, Urban Geography (Journal)
3 Mar 2014
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8 000 years ago in valley of the tigris and euphrates iraq; other valleys: nile. Specialized services that were located in different parts of the city or town. Canada: places of 1 000 or more inhabitants has more than 400 people per square kilometer. The boundaries of an urban area are not influenced by municipal or even provincial boundaries. Portugal: agglomerations of 10 000 or more inhabitants. Norway: localities of 200 or more inhabitants has to be not more than 50m from the houses. Us: 10 000 inhabitants that have a population density of at least 1 000 people per square mile. Japan: 30 000 inhabitants with a density of 4 000 inhabitants per square km. Has decreased in recent years despite increase population: cause is an increase in transportation, people move to suburbs. A basic consideration in classifying an agglomeration as urban should be by. Manufacturing making or altering goods: 2. Commerce exchange of goods and services: 3.
