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| originated in northern England and southern Scotland. |
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| involve transporting materials to and from a factory for cheap |
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| land, labor, capital are the 3 traditional production factors |
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| final product weighs less than its inputs |
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| gains weight during production |
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| transfer among transportation modes is possible |
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| wages paid to employees constitute a high % of expenses |
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| requires a company to maintain an open shop without a required union |
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| new international division of labor |
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| changing responsibility for production to independent suppliers |
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| mass production - Ford Motor Company |
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| receiving payment for processing corn |
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| permanent collection of buildings where people reside |
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| activity that fulfills a human want or need for money |
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| provide services to individual consumers |
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| facilitate other business |
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| provide security and protection for citizens and businesses |
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| clustered rural settlements |
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| number of families live in close proximity to each other |
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| dispersed rural settlements |
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| farmers living on farms isolated from neighbors |
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| British government consolidated multiple strips of land into one farm |
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| explains how services are distributed and why patterns exist |
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| area surrounding a service from which customers are attracted |
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| max distance ppl are willing to travel to use a service |
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| minimum number of ppl needed to support the service |
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| optimal location of a service directly related to the number of ppl in the area |
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| largest settlement is more than double as much as the 2nd largest |
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| independent self-governing communities |
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| export primarily to consumers outside the settlement |
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| enterprises whose customers live in the same community |
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| central business district (CBD) |
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| downtown, center of the city cluster |
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| market center for the exchange of goods and services |
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| the population of cities grows |
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| metropolitan statistical area (MSA) |
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| measuring the functional area of a city |
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| micropolitan statical area |
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| city grows outward from a central area in a series of rings |
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| city develops in sectors from the center because of the environment |
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| complex structure that includes more than one center |
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| home of poor immigrants to urban areas |
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| subdivisons of houses and occupancy by successive waves of lower-income ppl |
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| drawing lines on a map to identify areas in which they wont loan money |
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| relocate residents and business and build new roads and utilities |
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| reserved for low-income households |
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| middle-class ppl move into deteriorated inner-city neighborhoods and renovate |
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| ppl trapped in an unending cycle of economic and social problems |
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| legally adding land area to a city |
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| inner city surrounded by large suburban areas |
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| around the beltways are nodes of consumer and business services |
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| density change in an urban area |
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| progressive spread of development over the landscape |
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| prevent the mixing of land uses within the same district |
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| four consecutive 15-minute periods that have the heaviest traffic |
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| cooperative agency consisting of representatives of local governments |
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| regulations to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland |
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