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Chapter 4.4-4.5
URBAN AND ECONOMIC
GEOGRAPHY
Urban Geography is the study of how people use space in cities.
URBAN GEOGRAPHY
Cities are centers of business and culture. Suburbs are political units touching the border of a
central city or another suburb that touches the city.
CITIES AND SUBURBS
Pearland is a SUBURB or HOUSTON.
Urbanization is the movement of people into cities.
Over the past two centuries, more and more
people are moving closer to cities and away from large areas of open land.
Cities can be found on all continents except Antarctica.
URBANIZATION
An economy consists of the production and exchange of goods and services among a group of people.
The process and exchange of these goods and service is known as an Economic System.
ECONOMIC SYSTEMS
A traditional economy is an economy where goods and services are exchanged without trading money.
Also known as “bartering.”
TRADITIONAL ECONOMY
A command economy is when the production of goods and services is determined by a central government.
Also known as a“planned economy”.
COMMAND ECONOMY
A market economy is when the production of goods and services is determined by the demand from consumers
Also known as Capitalism.
MARKET ECONOMY
A mixed economy is a combination of a command economy and a market economy.
MIXED ECONOMY
Per Capita Income: average amount of money earned by each person in a political unit
Gross National Product (GNP): the total value of all goods and services produced by a country over a year or some other specific period of time.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP): total value of all goods and services produced within a country in a given time period.
MEASURING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The infrastructure of a nation is made up of the basic support systems needed to keep an economy going, including power, communications, transportation, water, sanitation, and education systems.
INFRASTRUCTURE
Natural Resources are materials on or in the earth that have economic value.
3 typesRenewable: can be replaced through natural processes (trees, seafood).
Non-renewable: cannot be replace once used (metals, gemstones, sulfur, natural gas, oil, coal).
Inexhaustible Energy Sources: resources that are the result of solar or planetary processes and are unlimited (sunlight, wind, heat).
RESOURCES
