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Urbanization. Chief Centres of Plant and Animal Domestication. Early Culture Hearths of the Old World and the Americas. Threshold Population. Low Order / High Order Goods. Central Place Theory - Christaller. Hexagons are most efficient to cover an area. Central Place Theory - Christaller.
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Central Place Theory - Christaller • Hexagons are most efficient to cover an area
Central Place Theory - Christaller • Larger complementary regions for higher order goods/activities
Functions of Cities • Transportation (Singapore) • Government (Moscow)
Functions of Cities • Resources (Sudbury) • Industrial (Detroit)
Basic Activities • Money brought into community from elsewhere
Non-Basic Activities • Money recycled within community
Primate Cities • London, England • Paris, France • Addis Ababa, Ethiopia