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- Defined by geographer Mark Jefferson
- Country's largest city
- Most expressive of the national culture
- Ex: Seoul Korea= 1/3 of the country's urban population
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| What is an indiginous city? |
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- remained remote from globalizations influence
- many indiginous cities escaped colonization
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- Port of entry because of geographic location
- Ex: NYC's Ellis Island, San Francisco's Angel Island, Hamburg in Europe
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- Outskirts
- United States journalist Joel Garreau
- Extensive amounts of office space
- Ex: Irvine Ca, Tyson Corner Va
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| What is a fall- line city? |
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- Lays upstream
- Use break of bulk point
- Ex: Boston, Albany, Philidelphia , Baltimore, Richmond, DC, etc.
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| What is the Concentric Zone Model? |
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- E.W. Burgess
- 1st to explain the distribution of social groups
- city grows outward in a series of rings
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| What is the sector model? |
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- created by Homer Hoyt
- cities developed in sectors
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| What is the Peripheral Model (Galactic City Model)? |
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- development of industrial parks on the urban periphery
- newly developed retail shops/malls are along transportation routes
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- retail and office activities are clustered
- oldest district or origin
- high percent of infrastructure
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| What are some high threshold retail services? |
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- store may be in center
- Ex: department stores
- large department stores often cluster across the street from each other
- suburban malls have now took over
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| What are high range retail services? |
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- customers shop here infrequently
- prefer central location
- Ex: high end jewlery stores and markets for inner city residents
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- Process of wealthy people moving into inner city neighborhoods
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| What are some characteristics of European CBD's? |
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- Central areas are developed as historical sites and have not changed
- limit car traffic and high buildings
- include parks, churches and royal places
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| What are some characteristics of Latin American CBD's? |
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- wealthier citizens live in the center
- poorer residents live on the outskirts
- immigrants live in outskirts
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- established by imperialistic empires as administrative centers, military posts and trade centers
- placed over native cities
- Ex: Mexico City over Aztec's
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