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Unit VII
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Term | Definition |
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Services | Activities that fulfill a human want or need and return money to those who provide it |
Consumer services | Businesses that provide services primarily to individual consumers, including retail services and education, health, and leisure services |
Business Services | Services that primarily meet the the needs of other businesses, including professional, financial, and transportation services |
Public Services | Services offered by the government to provide security and protection for citizens and businesses |
City-state | A sovereign state comprising a city and its immediate hinterland. |
City | A multifunctional nucleated settlement with a central business district and both residential and nonresidential land uses |
Settlement | A permanent collection of buildings and inhabitants |
Clustered rural settlement | Rural settlement in which the houses and farm buildings of each family are situated close to each other and fields surround the settlement |
Dispersed rural settlement | A rural settlement pattern characterized by isolated farms rather than clustered villages |
Counterurbanization | The net loss of population from cities to smaller towns and rural areas |
Urban hearth | A region in which the world's first cities evolved |
Urban hierarchy | A ranking of settlement according to their size and economic function, eg. hamlet-village-town-city-metropolis |
Range | The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service |
Threshold | The minimum number of people needed to support the service |
Hinterland/market area | The area surrounding a central place from which people are attracted to use the place's goods and services |
Linear/nonlinear settlement | Linear= "long-lot" settlements that divides land into narrow parcels stretching back from river, roads or canals |