Urban Hierarchies By Size Unincorporated Areas an area where only two or three families live found in western US rural areas that could become incorporated if their population grows Hamlet few dozen people and offer limited services may contain a gas station or general store fringes of ID: 549486
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Urban Organization Slide2
Urban Hierarchies: By Size
Unincorporated Areas- an area where only two or three families live; found in western U.S; rural areas that could become incorporated if their population grows. Slide3
Hamlet- few dozen people and offer limited services; may contain a gas station or general store; fringes of urban center. Slide4
Village- larger than hamlets and offer more services; some specialty stores that offer specific goods like clothing, food, furniture, etc. Slide5
Towns- range from 50 to few thousand people; an urban area because of defined boundaries but smaller than city in terms of population and area; rural area surrounding them is the
hinterland
; serves mostly farmers.
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Cities- densely populated area with tens of thousands of people. Slide7
Metropolises- large cities of 50,000ppl, including surrounding suburban areas; suburbs are dependent on urban core for activities. Slide8
Megalopolis/
Conurbantion
- several metro areas are linked together to form one huge urban area; examples can be found on east coast combining Boston to D.C. Slide9
World Cities
Cities that possess
cultural outreach and
political influence.
New York, London, and
Tokyo. Slide10
Hierarchy by Influence: National Scale
Cities are given rankings based on their amenities as well as their importance in global commerce.
Urban Hierarchy puts cities in ranks from small first-order cities upward to fourth-order cities (large world class cities) (previous slides) National Scale. Slide11
Hierarchy by Influence: Global Scale
World Cities (N.Y, Tokyo, London)
Alpha Cities (L.A, Chicago, D.C, Frankfurt, Milan, Hong Kong)
Beta Cities (San Francisco, Brussels, Moscow, Mexico City)
Gamma Cities (Dallas, Amsterdam, Jakarta
, Johannesburg)