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Movement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Migration | A change in residence intended to be permanent |
| Transportation | The action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported. |
| Transportation Infrastructure | Things that vehicles will most likely be like road, railways, and airports. |
| Communications Infrastructure | Things that use a signal like TV, phone, and computer. |
| Pull Factors | Something concerning the country to which a person migrates. |
| Push Factors | A flaw or distress that drives a person away from a certain place. |
| Space Time Compression | The reduction in time it takes for people and things to interact and connect due to increased access to technology and transportation advancements. |
| Distance Decay | A function that represents the way that some entity or its influence decays with distance from its geographical location. |
| Immigration | The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. |
| Emigration | The relocation of people from one country to reside in another. |
| Intervening Opportunities | The presence of a nearer opportunity that greatly diminishes the attractiveness of sites farther away. |
| Intervening Obstacles | An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. |
| Technology | The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry. |