Chapter 8: Global Networks and Interconnections Flashcards
Globalisation
The process of international integration and interactions between people, places, and information leading to spatial reorganisation.
Accessibility
The extent to which a location, good, service or information is available to as many people as possible.
Time-space convergence
The process by which places can be said to become closer to each other as the time taken to travel between them decreases.
Experience (Taylor’s Model)
This level of interconnection is known as the ‘daily urban system’. Spaces in which people live, work, play, shop, are taught.
Ideology (Taylor’s Model)
This level of interconnection was based on how governments have an effect on the behaviour and values of their citizens.
Reality (Taylor’s Model)
The interconnection that people in developed countries live in a world economy. Their needs are supplied by resources sourced from around the globe and changes in the world economy has effects on people.
Diffusion
The spread of people, things, ideas, cultural practices, disease, technology, weather, and other factors from place to place.
Adoption
The action or fact of choosing to take up, follow, or use something.
Adaptation
The action or process of adapting something i.e. an item of culture, ideology, technology etc.
Glocalisation
A product or service that is developed and distributed globally but is also adjusted to accommodate the user or consumer in a local market.
Take-off point
The point in which a commodity or idea is adopted or accepted by the majority of the population.
Comparative Advantage
The ability of an individual country to carry out a paricular economic activity more efficiently than another activity.
Centralisation
The concentration of control of an activity or organisation under a single authority.
Specialisation
The process of concentrating on and becoming an expert in a particular subject or skill.
Economy of Scale
A proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of production.
