Geography Vocab Terms Flashcards
What is Space-Time Compression
To describe the reduction it takes for something to reach another place.
Distance Decay
Contact slowly diminishing with increasing the distance, then disappears.
Diffusion
Process in which a characteristic spreads across space from one place over time
Hearth
A place in which innovation originates.
Relocation Diffusion
Spread of an idea through physical movement from one place to another.
Expansion Diffusion
The spread of a feature from one place to another.
Hierarchical Diffusion
The spread of an idea from a person or nod of authority.
Contagious Diffusion
The rapid widespread diffusion of a characteristic through a population
Stimulus Diffusion
The spread of an underlying principle even though a characteristic itself apparently fails to diffuse.
Uneven Development
The increasing gap in the economic conditions between regions in the core periphery that results from the globalization of the economy.
Globalization
A force or process that involves the entire world and results in making something worldwide in scope.
Transnational Corporations
Conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries where principal shareholders are located.
Density
The frequency of which something occurs in space
Arithmetic Density
A total amount of objects in an area
Physiological Density
The number of person per unit of an area suitable for agriculture
