City Analysis - Scotland

           Aberdeen, Scotland is considered a national city because it has its own malls, airport, water port, universities, professional sports teams, and even has a dense population of individuals.  According to Burgess’ 1925 concentric zone model, Aberdeen is located in the central business district.  This is considered to be the “downtown” area where most employment is located and where the urban transport infrastructure is meeting.  In the central business district, there is commercial, social, and a civic center where many of the citizens perform most of their work. 

            Aberdeen has other central places of hierarchy that are bigger than it, and it also has other smaller cities and towns.  Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and has a population of 495, 360.  Some tourist attractions in Edinburgh include the Edinburgh Castle, National Museum of Scotland, Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh Zoo, Scottish Pariliament Building, and just about everything in an international city.  Below Aberdeen is the rural village called Pitmedden.  Its population is 1,137 people and has local shops, primary school, church, and a village park in its town.

            Aberdeen offers several attractions that wouldn’t be available in smaller places.  Some of these attractions include malls, water ports, professional sports team, and an airport.  Because Aberdeen has such a dense population of people, it is easy for companies like those previously mentioned to succeed.  In a nutshell, more people means more business, which means more profit.  In addition, castles are locally unavailable in Aberdeen when comparing it to a higher order city like Edinburgh.