THE CITY
Cities are centres of economic production and consumption, arenas of social networks and cultural activities, and the seat of government and administration Urban geographers examine the role of a city in the regional, national and international economy, and how the city's sociospatial form is conditioned by its role (for example, as a financial centre or manufacturing base). Study of the distribution of power in the city on the behavi and biases of formal organisations iour as well as the informal which public and private interests operate to influence distribut on of ions. The differential socio-spatial also an benefits and disbenefits in the city important area of investigation