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Geography
Undergraduate 1
09/16/2008

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Spatial analyisis
Definition
The study of goegraphic phenomena in terms of their arrangement as pints, line, areas or
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Friction of distance
Definition
The deterent or inhibiting effects of distance on human activity
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spatical interaction
Definition
the movement and flows involving human activity
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complamentary
Definition
demand suply
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Transferability
Definition
frictional or deterrent effects of distance (costs, variability, time)
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Intervening Opportunity
Definition

volumes and patterns of movement; alternative origins and/or destinations

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Spatial Diffusion
Definition

the way things spread through space+ time

            a. expansion diffusion / contagion diffusion = proximity

            b. hierarchical diffusion / cascade diffusion = “trickle down”

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population pyramids
Definition

witch is a represention of the population based on its composition according to asge and sex. 

 

When you look at a population pyramid, think about:

  1. The general shape, re: the types of pyramids
  2. What is the reality of the place being depicted?
  3. Consequences of this particular situation?: short and long-term
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Baby Boom 
Definition
generations of babys born between 1946 and 1964
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census
Definition
count of the number people in a country regein, or place
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cohort
Definition
a group of individuals who share a common time frame demographic experience
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demographic transition

   

 

Definition
replacement of high birth and eath rates by low birth and death rates
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demography
Definition
the study of the characterisits of human population.
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infant mortality rate
Definition
annual number of deaths of infants under one year of age compared to the total number of live births for that same year
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life expectancy
Definition
average number of years an ifant newborn can expect to live
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medical geography
Definition
 a subarea that specializes in understanding the spatial aspects of health and illness
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CBR - Crude birth rate

 

Definition
is the ratio of the number of live births in a single year for every thousand people in the population
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CDR-Crude death rate

Definition
 the ratio of the number of deaths in one year to every thousand people in the population
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colonization
Definition
A colonized place that takes over an un colonized place
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core region
Definition
Regions that dominate trade, control the most advanced technologies and have high levels of productivity within diversified economies
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fast world
Definition
People,places,and regions directly involved, as producers and consumers, in transnational industry, modern telecommunications, materialistic consumption, and international news and entertainment
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hearth area
Definition

a geographic setting where new practices have developed and from which they have subsequently spread

e.g. The Middle East/The Fertile Crescent, South Asia, China, Americas

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human footprint
Definition
extends to over 4/5th of earths surface
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