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| industrial location theory |
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| (Alfred Weber) explanation that industry would locate where transportation costs of both raw materials and the final product would be the lowest |
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| a strategic geographic location that facilitates the concentration of people and services, esp. trade |
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| a strategic geographic location that facilitates the transfer of goods from one form of transportation to another |
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| city primarily known for its specialized recreational opportunities (beaches, gambling, hot springs) |
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| established primarily for governmental purposes |
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| cities whose physical layout expands from a common center, prompted by the importance of defense and access to all parts of a city |
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| composed of straight streets crossing at right angles to create regular city blocks, result from careful planning, place importance on economic activity, common N. America |
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| (Robert Park) science of the factors that lead to societal groupings and describing the typical groupings of persons/institutions that these forces produce |
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| places that evolve as unplanned clusters w/ specialized activities (business districts, ethnic neighborhoods) |
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| a pop unit of about 4000 residents who are relatively homogeneous in socioeconomic status and living conditions |
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| a computer-based methodology to gather and analyze information related to the surface of the earth which reveals patterns and relationships |
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| reaction against the assumed certainty that rational, objective efforts can explain reality, with an emphasis on multiple interpretations rooted in experience, not abstract theory |
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| interdependent economic enterprises located close to one another that provide some element in the creation and distribution of a product |
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| central business district (CBD) |
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| concentration of commercial activity within a city that includes banking, entertainment, offices, restaurants, retail stores, and public transit |
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| (Walter Christaller) the more important a city's economic function to a region, the more its pop. will increase |
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| primary circuit of capital |
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| investment to hire workers to manufacture a product to sell at a profit to be used for more investment |
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| secondary circuit of capital |
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| what businesspeople, investors, and gov't have in mind when they discuss the dimensions of size, location, and profit |
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| what individuals who live, work, and play in an area think of their environment |
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| things needed to produce goods and services, such as land, tools, knowledge, wealth, and facilities |
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| the processing and transmission of information as the fundamental resource of productivity and power |
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| market domination by a few producers |
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| a national network of command and control to maximize profits |
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| when large companies unload production to competitive bidders, decreased overhead costs offset shipping |
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| when companies or cities move away from manufacturing as their primary economic activity and evolve into more service-oriented activities |
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