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Movement
Movement is the study of how people and things get from one place to another. It
Term | Definition |
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Migration | Animal: seasonal movement of animals from one region to another. Human: the movement by people from one place to another with the intention of settling in the new location. |
Technology | the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, esp. in industry. |
Immigration | the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. |
Space Time Compression | it refers to the speed of transportation making places "closer" together in terms of social distance. |
Push Factors | are factors or causes with which people tend to be pushed away or repelled from certain locations. |
Pull Factors | factors are those conditions that attract people to a particular location. |
Transportation | the action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported. |