6.4 Size and Distribution of Cities

The largest city in a country that is more than double the country's second largest city.

• city-state

• megacity

• primate city

• world city

Market areas in the Central Place theory.

• square

• circle

• hexagonal hinterlands

• octagonal hinterlands

Size of the population necessary for a particular service or business to exist and remain profitable.

• range

• threshold

• market area

• urban hearth

The distance people are wiling to travel to obtain a specific good or service.

• range

• urban hearth

• threshold

• market area

According to the range concept of Central Place Theory, people should be willing to travel far distances for __________ and only willing to travel short distances for ___________________.

• a cup of coffee; a wedding

• groceries; a flight out of an airport

• a concert; a fast food restaurant

• all of the above

• CBD Theory

• Dependency Theory

• Least Cost Theroy

• Central Place Theory

• Time Distance Decay

• Time-Space Compressionn

• Hoyt Sector Model

• Gravity Model