Vocabulary - Set 1 Flashcards
Agglomeration Effects
The cost advantages (external economies) for an individual company gained by locating near similar functional industries or companies.
Acculturation
The change that occurs within a culture when it adopts a practice from another culture
Agribusiness
Commercial agriculture in which large corporations own and operate various steps in the production process with an emphasis on profit.
Agricultural Density
The number of people living in rural areas per unit of agricultural land.
Animism
The belief that spirits (including ancestral) live within objects such as animals, rivers, rocks, trees and mountains.
Antecedent Boundary
A boundary placed before the cultural landscape was developed
Backwash Effect
The negative impact to the peripheral region sometimes caused by increased flows of labor and capital into a nearby high-growth region.
Basic Sector
Good and services produced for individuals outside the urban work area.
Bid-rent Curve
The concept that the concentric circles in Burgess’s concentric zone model are based on the amount people are willing to pay for land in each zone.
Biotechnology
The application of scientific techniques to modify and improve plants, animals, and microorganisms to enhance their value.
Built Environment
The material culture of an environment.
Carrying Capacity
The number of people an are can support on a sustained basis.
CBD
The business area found at the center of every older city and urban area.
Central Place Theory
A theory developed by Walter Christaller that states that cities exist for economic reasons and that people gather in cities to share goods and ideas.
Centrifugal Force
A strong, divisive force, such as religious differences, or weak communication systems, at work in a country.
Centripetal Force
A strong, unifying force, such as a charismatic leader or nationalism, at work in a country.
Chain Migration
That part of a migration flow (usually relatives and friends) that follows former migrants into an area.
Channelized Migration
Repetitive pattern of migration not linked to family or ethnicity (senior citizens moving to the Sun Belt).
Charter Group
The first group of settlers to establish a new and lasting culture and society in an area.
Compact State
A state that is basically round in shape, such as Poland or Bhutan.
Colonialism
A system in which a country declares control over a territory or people outside its own boundaries, usually for economic purposes.
Commodity Chain
A chain of activities from the manufacturing to the distribution of a product.
Concentric zone model
The model of urban land use developed by burgess which demonstrates the invasion and succession processes that occur as the city grows and expands outward.
