Cities and Urban Land Use

An urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is generally larger than a village and smaller than a city.

• Town
• City
• Micro-City
• Large Village

An inhabited place of greater size, population, or importance than a town or village. In the United States, they are incorporated municipalities, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen.

• City
• Town
• Village
• State

An increase in the percentage of the number of people living in urban settlements

• Urbanization
• Suburbanization
• Ruralanization
• Migration

Formulated by Christaller to explain the size and distribution of cities in terms of a competitive supply of goods and services dispersed to populations. Bigger centers have a larger hinterland, while smaller centers have smaller hinterland and less specialty and high-order goods.

• Central Place Theory
• Christaller's Theory
• Christaller's Place Theory
• Central Hinterland Theory

A process used in determining if locating a business in the area would be profitable and where the best location would be within the market area. Three steps: Compute the range, Compute the threshold, and Identify a site.

• Market Area Analysis
• Business Location Analysis
• Market Area Identification 
• Business Location Identification

A pattern of settlements in a country such that the largest settlement has more than twice as many people as the second-ranking settlement

• Primate City Rule
• Secondary City Rule
• Dense Cuty
• Dense Settlements

A pattern of settlements in a country such that the nth largest settlement is 1/n the population of the largest settlement. Developed countries tend to conform to this rule, while developing countries tend to have one primate city.

• Rank-Size Rule
• City-Size Rule
• City Development Rule
• Primate City Size Rule

The maximum distance people are willing to travel to use a service

• Service Range
• Maximum Transit Range
• Desirable Travel Range 
• Business Transit Perimeter

The minimum number of people needed to support the service

• Service Threshold
• Producer Service Threshold
• Consumer Service Threshold 
• Minimum Service Range

What was the first hearth of civilization?

• Peru
• Nile
• Indus
• Mesopotamia