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| humid tropical |
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| Aw |
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| seasonally humid tropical |
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| Bs |
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| semiarid |
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| Bw |
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| desert |
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| Cfa |
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| humid subtropical |
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| Cfb |
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| marine west coast |
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| Cs |
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| Mediterranean |
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| Dfa |
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| humid continental |
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| Dfb/c/d |
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| subarctic |
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| E |
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| Polar |
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| H |
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| Highland |
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| A |
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| Humid low latitude (equatorial) |
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| B |
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| Dry |
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| C |
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| Warm mid-latitude |
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| D |
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| Cold mid-latitude |
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| NAFTA |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement |
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| maquiladora |
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| USA moved business across the border to Mexico for cheeper labor |
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| mountains separating Nepal and India from China |
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| Himalayas |
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| INdian/Bangladesh river |
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| Ganges |
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| India's 3 greatest cities |
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| Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata |
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| Japan |
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| Tokyo |
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| China |
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| Beijing |
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| Iran |
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| Tehran |
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| Israel |
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| Tel Aviv |
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| Iraq |
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| Baghdad |
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| Indonesia |
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| Jakarta |
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| River: Jinan |
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| Yellow River |
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| Shanghai |
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| Yangtze |
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| phnom penh |
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| mekong |
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| assam |
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| india |
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| eastern new guinea |
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| papa new guinea |
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| french guiana |
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| france |
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| EPZ |
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| export processing zone |
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| west siberia |
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| oil |
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| persian gulf |
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| oil |
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| us gulf coast |
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| oil |
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| appalachia |
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| coal |
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| Kuznetsk |
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| coal ; iron ore |
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| volga region |
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| oil |
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| mesabi range |
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| iron ore |
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| silesia |
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| coal |
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| kryvyy rih |
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| iron ore |
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| eastern ukraine |
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| coal |
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| north slope |
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| oil |
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| north sea |
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| oil |
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| canada |
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| oil |
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| norway |
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| oil |
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| uk; |
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| oil |
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| iran |
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| oil |
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| france |
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| coal |
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| caspian sea region |
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| oil |
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| australia |
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| coal |
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| germany |
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| coal |
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| algeria |
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| oil |
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| india |
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| coal |
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| china |
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| coal |
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| libya |
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| oil |
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| nigeria |
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| oil |
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| south africa |
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| coal |
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| angola |
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| oil |
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| indonesia |
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| oil |
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| venezuela |
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| oil |
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| mexico |
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| oil |
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| chile |
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| copper |
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| sweden |
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| iron ore |
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| 4 basic energy sources |
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| oil, natural gas, nuclear power, coal |
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| Energy source thats growing since 1970 |
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| coal, nuclear, hydro, other |
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| 2 countries that consume more energy than any other countries? |
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| USA ; PRC |
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| ore for aluminum |
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| bauxite |
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| 2 products of iron ore |
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| steel and iron |
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| 4 countries manufacturing in rhine ruhr region |
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| ;germany, france, netherlands, belgium |
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| silesia countries |
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| poland, germany, czech republic |
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| st. petersburg |
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| russia |
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| donbas/donetsk |
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| ukraine |
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| kuznetsk/kuzbas |
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| russia |
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| volga |
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| russia |
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| krivoi rog |
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| ukraine |
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| urals |
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| russia |
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| shenyang |
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| china |
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| tianjin |
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| china |
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| guangzhou |
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| PRC |
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| Shanghai/nanjing/wuhan |
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| PRC |
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| interior basin |
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| coal |
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| appalachian basin |
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| coal |
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| 3 cities dominate urban hierarchy |
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| New York, London, Tokyo |
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| cities dominating US urban hierarchy |
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| New York, Chicago, Los Angeles |
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| squatter settlements in latin america |
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| barrios, favelas |
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| bulk reducing industy |
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| steel production |
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| UK manufacturing |
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| glasgow, newcastle, manchester, liverpool, birmingham |
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| break-of-bulk point |
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| when cargo is broken up into smaller units before delivery |
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| 5 main russian manufacturing areas |
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| kuznetsk, urals, volga, central, st. petersburg |
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| bulk-gaining industry |
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| bottling beverages |
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| minimills |
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| steel production (only 1 step of the mill production) |
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| main steel producer |
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| PRC |
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| outsourcing |
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| transferring business to outside source |
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| fordist |
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| mass production - each worker has specific job |
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| post-fordist |
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| lean/flexible production |
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| right to work laws |
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| "open shop" - a union/company cannot negotiate a contract that requires workers to join a union as a condition of employment |
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| chinas population distribution |
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| east coast, south, southeast |
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| chinese minorities |
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| 56 minorities - located inland, south and north, and even in far east. |
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| central place theory |
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| explain the number, size and location of;human settlements;in an;urban system;- hexagon models |
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| hinterland |
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| land/district behind the borders of a coast or river |
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| gravity model |
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| predicts bilateral trade flows based on economic size and distance btwn 2 countries |
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| primate city |
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| city that is disproportionally larger than other cities in country based on urban hierarchy |
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| rank-size-rule |
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| regularity in many phenomena including the distribution of city sizes around the world, sizes of businesses, particle sizes (such as sand), lengths of rivers, frequencies of word usage, wealth among individuals, etc |
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| just-in-time derlivery |
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| shipment of parts to arrive at factory moments before they are needed - reduces money investor would spend on inventory |
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| basic industry |
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| industrial sector which exports all/most of its production outside of community to bring money into community |
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| non-basic industry |
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| sells product to community, doesnt bring money into community |
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| least urbanized regon |
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| Africa in general |
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| 3 types of urban structure |
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| concentric zone, sector model, multiple nuclei |
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| concentric |
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| city grows outwards form a central area in a series of rings.; |
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| sector model |
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| city develops in a series of sectors.; |
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| multiple nuclei |
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| ciy is complex and has more than one center around which activities revolve |
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| squatter settlements |
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| housing shortage because of population increase and migration |
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| redlining |
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| maps draw boundaries on map and refuse to lend money beyond those lines or to improve property within those lines. |
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| urban renewal |
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| city identifies inner-city neighborhoods, acquire properties from private owners, relocte residents, build new stuff, and turn over land to private developers. |
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| gentrification |
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| converting low-income neighborhood into predominantly middle-class neighborhood |
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| edge city |
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| office and retail activity on edge of urban area |
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| sprawl |
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| new housing sites at low density and at locations that are not contiguous to the existing built up area |
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| greenbelt |
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| ring of land maintained as parks, ag., or other types of open area to limit sprawl of urban area |
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| smart growth |
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| regulations and laws to limit suburban sprawl and preserve farmland |
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| zoning ordinances |
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| law limiting permitted use of land and max density of development in community |
