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Geo Semester II
Pain
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
05/12/2009

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Term
Situation Factors
Definition

proximity to inputs

makers

transport choices

Term
Site Factors
Definition

Labor

Land
Capital

 

geologic factors (sand, soil)

 

Term
Types of Services
Definition

Consumer

Business

Public

Changes in number of employees

Term
Central Place Theory
Definition

Market Area of a Service
Size of Market Area
Range
Threshold

Term
Primary
Definition

Agriculture
Lumber
Mining

Term
Secondary
Definition

Industry
Processing

Term
Tertiary
Definition

Services
Education
Financial
Sales

Term
Bulk-gaining
Definition
closest to customer (beer, car, steel)
Term
bulk-reducing
Definition
furthest from customer (raw goods)
Term
Central Place Theory
Definition

whast is the market area of a service ?

 

range: how far someone is willing to travel to product

threshold: minimum # of people to make business viable

 

hexagon shaped market

profitability of a location

optimal location within a market

Term
Metropolitan Statistical Area
Definition

50% workin city

at least 25 people per sq mile

Term
Concentric zone model
Definition

by Burgess

Social Economic status

Term
Sector Model
Definition

by Hoyt

Family Status

Term
Multiple nuclein model
Definition

Harris and Ulman

 

segregation

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