AP®︎ Human Geography: Topic 6.4 Flashcards

A network of settlements of different sizes and functions connected by flows of people, goods, services, money, information, and influence

The ordering of settlements by population, functions, and influence, from small towns to major metropolitan areas

The population of one city compared with the populations of other cities in the same urban system

The distance and spatial arrangement among settlements

The flows of people, goods, services, money, or information between places

The mutual reliance of cities on one another and on their surrounding areas for workers, markets, goods, and services

A city-size pattern in which the nth-largest city has about 1/n the population of the largest city: Pₙ = P₁/n

A model predicting that interaction increases with the populations of two places and decreases with distance, commonly Iᵢⱼ = PᵢPⱼ/dᵢⱼ².

The tendency for interaction between places to weaken as distance increases

An ideal model explaining settlement size, number, hierarchy, and spacing through the distribution of goods, services, and market areas

A settlement that provides goods and services to a surrounding market area

The surrounding area served by a central place and from which it draws customers

The minimum number of customers, purchasing power, or demand needed to support a good or service

The maximum distance consumers are willing to travel to obtain a good or service

Frequently purchased, relatively inexpensive goods and services with small thresholds and short ranges

Infrequently purchased, specialized or expensive goods and services with large thresholds and long ranges

A country’s disproportionately large and influential leading city that dominates major national functions

An urban pattern in which one city is disproportionately larger and more influential than the other cities in a country