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TermDefinition
Epidemic Widespread, rapid diffusion of disease among people in a particular location/ region at particular time
Expansion diffusion Spread of idea, innovation, from its heart without aid of people moving
Formal/ uniform regions Area defined by one or more measurable shared physical or cultural characteristics present throughout race
Friction of distance Distance imposes real cost in time, money, and effort to move people, goods, or ideas across space, acting as barrier to interaction.
Functional/ nodal regions Area of land defined as sharing common purpose in society
Globalization the process by which countries, businesses, and people around the world become more connected and depend on one another.
Hearth (cultural, language region etc) Geographical point of origin/ birthplace where cultural trait, idea, language, religion, or technological innovation first develops before it spread outward.
Hierarchical diffusion Spread of idea/ innovation from one person/ place to another person/ place based on hierarchy of connectedness / specific type of expansion diffusion
independent invention when a cultural trait, idea, or technology develops in two or more different places by separate groups who have no contact with each other
Absolute location Fixed exact position on earth using coordinates like longitude/ latitude
Relative location Describe where a place is compared to other human/ physical landmarks
Location theory Understanding distribution of cities, industries, services, consumer, with goal of explaining why places are chosen as sites of production/ consumption
Pandemic Outbreak of disease that spread worldwide
Perceptual/ vernacular regions Area defined by people, shared feelings, attitudes, cultural identity rather than objective data/ fixed boundaries
Political ecology Approach to studying human- environment interactions in context of political, economic/ historical conditions operating at multiple scales.
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