Central Place Theory

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Unit 3: Industry & Services

Essential Vocabulary:

Ch. 11 Industry

Break-of-bulk point

Bulk-gaining industry

Bulk-reducing industry

Cottage industry

Fordist

Industrial Revolution

Labor-intensive industry

Maquiladora

New international division of labor

Post-Fordist

Right-to-work state

Site factors

Situation factors

Textile

Trading bloc

Ch. 12 Services

Basic industries

Business services

Central business district (CBD)

Central place

Central place theory

City-state

Clustered rural settlement

Consumer services

Dispersed rural settlement

Economic base

Enclosure movement

Gravity model

Market area (hinterland)

Nonbasic industry

Personal services

Be able to:

Primate city

Primate city rule

Producer services

Public services

Rank (of a service)

Rank-size rule

Retail services

Service

Settlement

Threshold

Transportation and information services

Explain the history and evolution of Industry, service, and transportation.

Describe the role that site and situation play in location of industries/service providers.

Analyze and describe the positive and negative effects of NAFTA on the economies involved.

Describe the de-industrialization phenomenon that has occurred in recent years in many of the earliest industrial adopters (ie, rust belt).

Explain what a footloose industry is and the impact they have had on the US population (ie, sun belt).

Illustrate the global and local distribution of services.

 Utilize Christaller’s model and the rank-size rule to predict location of service providers.

 Explain how service provision differs in LDC’s and MDC’s.

Unit Test & Study Guide Due ______________

Shenyang: Hope for China’s Rust Belt?

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What recent problems has Shenyang faced in its attempt to move transition from its industrial past?

U.S. Midwest: Spatial Innovations

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Facts about the Midwestern US:

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What recent developments have shaped the automobile world and the Midwest economy?

Taiwan: High-Tech Tiger

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What factors contributed to Taiwan’s emergence as a hightech powerhouse?

Singapore: Gateway to Southeast Asia

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How has Singapore been able to transition from heavy industry to high-tech services?

Walter Christaller: Hierarchical Patterns of Urbanization

Central Place Theory

1) Define the following terms as they relate to the CPT:

Central Place:

Centrality:

Threshold:

Marketing Principle:

2) Briefly explain (paraphrase) Christaller’s theory.

3) Give an example of how Christaller’s theory does/does not apply to the Twin Cities metro area.

4) Draw out Christaller’s Theory in the box provided: Label it.

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