Chapter 13, Key Issue 1 Why Do Services Cluster Downtown?

Chapter 13, Key Issue 1
Why Do Services Cluster Downtown?
Rubenstein p 406- 410
Identify the acronym CBD.
What would be of interest to a geographer in a CBD?
Define Threshold:
Provide an example of a business with a high threshold:
Define Range:
Provide an example of a retail service with a high range:
Identify new shopping areas that attract high-range retailers in the following CBDs
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Fill in the Venn diagram below on “uptown” and “downtown” shoppers.
Provide an example of a chain of interdependency with business services in CBDs.
What are two distinctive characteristics of the CBD following high land cost?
1. _____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
Label the areas of a skyscraper. Why do we see different activities at different levels?
Compare and Contrast CBDs within North America and CBDs outside of North America.