theories and concepts. central place theory ●threshold- number of people to support ●range-...
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Theories and Concepts
Central Place Theory
● Threshold- number of people to support
● Range- distance people are willing to travel for services
○ The more specialized the large the threshold and range is
● There is a node, hearth and the area around it is serviced by it
● Order of largest to smallest- megalopolis, metropolitan, city, town, village, hamlet
● Old circle model is impossible because the circles leaves areas in which people live unaccounted for
US Technopoles
a center of high-tech manufacturing and information-based quaternary
industry
Silicon Valley
• Located between San Francisco and San Jose
• Headquarters of information and technology in US
• Huge number of law firms. Why?
–Patent lawyers to protect companies from getting sued
Also: Yahoo!, Apple, Intel, Adobe,Hewlett-Packard
MIT to Washington
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology all the way to Washington DC
• Also a what?–a megalopolis
Seattle, WA
• Technological hub for many companies, such as: Microsoft, Amazon, Expedia, Nintendo of America, T-Mobile USA
• Closer to innovation easier it is to use• Agglomerates for labor
Metroplex
• Dallas-Ft. Worth area• Formal Region• Large metropolitan area• Includes: AT&T, Texas
Instruments, Metro PCS, Verizon
Rank-Size and Primacy
Primate City
o City in a country that are more than twice as large as any other city o Dominates political, cultural, economic affairs of a country o Way larger than the 2nd largest city · Ex. Tokyo, Paris, Mexico City, London, Seoul, Athens o None in the US, Brazil, and Australia
Rank-Size Rule
● Px=P1/x ○ X= rank ○ P1= population of largest city ○ Px= population size of ranked city
● Primate city throws this off
PoP Video #24
http://www.learner.org/series/powerofplace/page24.html