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Study Stack-Movement
Term | Definition |
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Migration | movement of people of from one place to another |
Transportation | means when the river/water rushes and it carries rocks/anyother objects to another place |
Transportation Infrastructure | road and highways networks, including structures such as bridges, tunnels,culverts, and retaining walls. |
Communications Infrastructure | The mechanism(s) utilised to facilitate Project Team Member communication and information flows |
Pull Factors | A pull factor is something concerning the country to which a person migrates |
Push Factors | A push factor is a flaw or distress that drives a person away from a certain place. |
Space Time Compression | refers to any phenomenon that alters the qualities of and relationship between space and time. |
Distance Decay | Distance decay is a geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. |
Immigration | the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. |
Emigration | Emigration is the act of leaving one's country or region with the intent to settle permanently in another. |
Intervening Opportunities | The number of persons going a given distance is directly proportional to the number of opportunities at that distance and inversely proportional to the number of intervening opportunities." |
Intervening Obstacles | An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. |
Technology | the branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences. |