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Human Interaction
Geography (vital source) - chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is spatial interaction? | A specific study of identifying the locations that are the termini of interaction. |
| What is spacial diffusion? | The process by which a concept or practice spreads from origin until it reaches a barrier or overcomes an area. |
| What are the types of Medical Geography Diffusion? | Contagious and Relocation |
| What is intercontinental migration? | Moving to a different continent. |
| What is intracontinental migration? | Movement between and within countries. |
| What is place utility? | Value that an individual puts on a given residential site that helps us understand the decision-making process. |
| Explain step migration. | Place transition through smaller steps of less-extreme location changes. |
| What indicates that a mover is part of an established migrant flow from origin to the destination? | Chain migration. |
| Give examples of economic barriers to migration. | Cost of traveling and cost of establishing a residence elsewhere. |
| What is a migration field? | An area or areas that dominate a location's in and out migration patterns. |
| Explain channelized migration. | Channels link areas that are socially or economically tied to one another. |
| Why might channelized flow occur? | Past migration patterns, economic trade, or other affinity. |
| What is the increasing interconnection of all parts of the world that also increases integration? | Globalization. |