GEOG 140 Study Guide - Final Guide: Free-Trade Zone, Currency Substitution, Agribusiness
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City: a conglomeration of people and buildings clustered together to serve as a center of politics, culture, and economics. Urban: the buildup of the city and surrounding environments connected to the city. Christaller"s central place theory: predicts how and where central placesin the urban hierarchy are functionally and spatially distributed: hamlets villages towns cities, hexagonal model. The sun belt phenomenon: movement of millions of americans from northern and northeastern states to the south and southwest. Griffin-ford model: south american city plan that blends traditional elements of s. american culture w/ globalization forces: basic layout of south american cities. Acropolis: city on high elevation of land. Urbanization: the movement of people from rural to urban areas. Trade area: an adjacent region within which a city"s influence is dominant: every central place has one. Rank-size rule: the population of the city/town is inversely proportional to its rank in the hierarchy.
