Ap Human Geo Words For Andrew Set #3 (Migration)

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Activity Space

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The area within which people move freely on their rounds of regular activity

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Chain Migration

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The process by which migration movements from a common home area to a specific destination are sustained by links of friendship or kinship between first movers and later followers.

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Cyclic Movement

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movement that has a closed route and is repeated annually or seasonally (e.g., activity (action) space – space within which daily activity occurs; commuting, seasonal, nomadism)

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Distance Decay

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The declining intensity of any activity, process or function with increasing distance from its point of origin.

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Forced

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(of a gesture or expression) produced or maintained with effort; affected or unnatural.

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Gravity Model

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A mathematical prediction of the interaction between two bodies as a function of their size and of the distance separating them. Henry C. Carey adapted Newton's formulation to demonstrate the theoretical interaction between two cities.

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Internal Migration

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refers to human migration within one geopolitical entity, usually a nation.

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Intervening Opportunity

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The concept that closer opportunities will materially reduce the attractiveness of interaction with more distant - even slightly better - alternatives; a closer alternative source of supply between a demand point and the original source of supply.

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Migration Patterns

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Established patterns or paths that game fish use moving one area to another

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#1 Migration Pattern:

Intercontinental

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migration flow involving movement across international borders

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#2 Migration pattern:

Interregional

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migration flow within a certain country or state

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#3 Migration pattern:

Rural-urban

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migration flow going from rural to urban areas

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Migratory Movement

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human relocation movement from a source to a destination without a return journey, as opposed to cyclical movement