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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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channelized migration
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The modification of a stream channel; specifically, the straightening of meaners or dredging of the stream channel to deepen it.
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contagious diffusion
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the spread of a concept, a practice, or an article from one area to others through contact and/or the exchange of information.
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critical distance
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the distance beyond which cost effort, and or means play an overriding role in the willingness of people to travel.
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distance decay
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the exponential decline of an activity or a function with increasing distance from its point of orgin
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globalization
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the increasing interconnection of all parts of the world as the full range of social, cultural, political, economic, and environmental processes an patterns of change international in scale and effect
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hierarchical diffusion
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the process by which contacts between people and th resulting diffusion of things or ideas occurs first among those at the same level of a hierarchy and then among elements at a lower level of the hierarchy
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hierarchical migration
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the tendency for individuals to move from small places to larger places
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mental map
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the maplike image of the world, country, region or other area a person carries in his or her mind; includes knowledge of actual locations and sptial relationships and is colored by personaal peerceptions and preferences related to place.
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migration
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the permanent (or relatively permnent) relocation of an individual or a group to a new, usually distant, place of residence.
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migration field
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an area tat sends major migration flows to or receives major flows from a given place.
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place utily
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the perceived attractiveness of a place in its socia, economic, or environmental attributes; the value imparted to goods or services by tertiary activities that provide things needed in specific markets.
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pull factor
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a characteristic of a regin that acts as an attractive frce, drawing migrants from other regions.
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push factor
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a characteristic of a region that cotributes to the dissatisfaction fo residents an dimpels their migration
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return migration
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the return of migrants to the region from which they had earlier emigrated.
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spatial diffusion
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the outward spread of a substance, a concept,a practice or a population from its point of origin to other areas
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spatial interaction
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the movements (e.g., of people, goods, information) between different places; an indication of interdependence between areas.
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stage in life
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membership in a specific age group
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step migration
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a migration in which an eventual long-distance relcoation is undertaken in stages as, for example, from farm to village to small town to city.
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terrioriality
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the persistent attachment of most animals to a specific area; the behavior associated with the defense of the home territory
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transnational corporation
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a large business organization operating in at least two separate national economies.
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antecedent boundary
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a boundary line established before the area in question is well populated
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artificial bounary
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see geometric boundary
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centrifugal force
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in political geography, a force that disrupts and destabilizes a state, threatening its unity.
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compact state
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a state whose territory is nearly circular.
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centripetal force
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in political geography, a force that promotes unity and national identity
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consequent boundary
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a boundary line that coincides with some cultural divide, such as religion or language.
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core area
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the nucleus of a state, containing its most developed area, greatest wealth, densest populations, and clearest national identity
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devolution
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the transfer of certain powers from the state central government to separate political subdivisions within the state's territory; decentralization of political control.
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electoral geography
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the study of the delineation of voting districts and the spatial patterns of election results.
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elongrated state
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a state whose territory is long and narrow
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enclave
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a territory that is surrounded by, but is not part of, a state
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ethnic cleansing
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the killing or forcible relocation of one traitional or ethic group by a more powerful one.
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European Union (EU)
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an economic association established in 1957 of a number of Western european state sthat promotes free trade among member countries; often called the common market
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exclave
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a portion of a state that is separated from the main territory and surrounded by another contry.
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exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
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as established in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a zone of exploitation extending 200 nautical miles seaward from a coastal state that has exclusive mineral and fishing rights over it.
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fragmented state
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a state whose territory contains isolated parts, separated and discontinuous
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geometric boundary
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A boundary without obvious physical geographic basis; often a section of a parallel of latitude or a meridian of longitude.
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gerrymandering
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Dividing an area into voting districts in such a way as to give one political party an unfair advantage in elections, to fragment voting blocks, or to achieve other nondemocratic objectives.
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irredentism
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the desire of a state to gain or regain territory inhabited by people who have historic or cultural links to the country but who now live in a neighboring state.
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nation
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A culturally distinctive group of people occuplying a particular region and bound together by a sense of unity arising from shared ethnicity, beliefs, and customs.
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nationalism
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sense of unity binding the people of state together; devotion to the interests of a particular nation; an identification with the state and an acceptanc of national goals
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nation-state
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a state whose territory is identical to taht occupied by a particular nation
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natural boundary
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A Bountary line based on recognizable physiographic fetures, ssuch as mountains, riers, or deserts.
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perforated state
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a state whose territory is interripteed (perforated) by a separate, independent state totally contained within its borders.
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political geography
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a branch of human geography conerned with the spatial analysis of political phenomena
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prorupt state
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a state of basically compact from that has one more narrow extensions of territory
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regionalism
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in political geography, minority group identification with a particular region of a state rather than with the state as a whole
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state
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an independance poitical unit occupying a defined, permanently poulated territory and having full sovereign control over its internal and foreign affairs.
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subnationalism
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the feeelings that one owes primary allergiance to a traditional group or nation rather than to the state.
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subsequent boundary
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A boundary line that is established after the area in question has been settled and that considers the cultural characteristics of the bounded area.
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supranationalism
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the acceptance of the interests of more than one state, expressed as associations of states created for mutual benefit an to achieve shared objectives.
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terrorism
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the calculted use of violence against civilians and other symbolic targets in order to publicize a cause or to diminish people's support for a leader, a government, a policy, or a way of life that the perpetrators of violence find objectionable.
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United Nations Conventions on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
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seee Law of the sea convention--a code of sea law approved by the united nations ......
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