Scale Of Analysis and Connections Between Places Flashcards
The spread of an innovation or an idea through a population in an area in such. Way that the number of those influenced grows continuously larger,resuming in. An expanding area of dissemination
RLE: the spread of Islam
Expansion diffusion
Sequential diffusion process in which items being diffused re transmitted by their carrier agents as they evacuate the old areas and relocate to new ones .
RLE: people leaving Afghanistan
Relocation diffusion
Refers to any phenomenon that alters the qualities of a relationship between space and time
RLE: THE INTERNET
Time- space compression/ time-space convergence
Based on the notion that distance usually requires some amount of effort,money, and or energy to overcome
RLE: cargo going to America from Asia
Friction of Distance
The region from which innovative ideas originate
RLE: breaking free from your mother country’s rule started when the 13 colonies broke free of England
Hearth
Exact measurement of the physical space between 2 places
RLE: the Grand Canyon Village is 36.0544 degrees North , 112.140 degrees Wes
Absolute distance
The expansion of economic,political, and cultural processes to the point that they become global in scale and impact .
RLE: World War II
Globalization
The regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of other place . Distance ,accessibility , and connectivity affect it .
RLE: the Oregan Hall is by the NY Hall
Relative distance
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from it’s origin .
RLE: when I lived in Berea, KY I wouldn’t drive all the way to Frankfort for groceries .
Distance decay