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agricultural density
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The total rural population / area of arable land
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arithmetic density
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number theory, asymptotic density (or natural density or arithmetic density) is one of the possibilities to measure how large a subset of the set of natural numbers is
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cartography
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the science or practice of drawing maps.
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concentration
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a close gathering of people or things
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connections
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a relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else
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contagious diffusion
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A form of expansion diffusion in which an innovation (or other phenomenon) spreads across contiguous space after direct contact between the innovator(s) and potential adopters of an innovation (or other phenomenon). Contrast hierarchical diffusion
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cultural ecology
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Cultural ecology studies the relationship between a given society and its natural environment as well as the life-forms and ecosystems that support its lifeways
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cultural landscape
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Cultural Landscapes have been defined by the World Heritage Committee as distinct geographical areas or properties uniquely
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culture
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the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group
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density
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the quantity of people or things in a given area or space.
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diffusion
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the dissemination of elements of culture to another region or people
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distance decay
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Distance decay is a geographical term which describes the effect of distance on cultural or spatial interactions. The distance decay effect states that the interaction between two locales declines as the distance between them increases
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distribution
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the action of sharing something out among a number of recipients.
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environmental determinism
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Environmental determinism, also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism, is the view that the physical environment, rather than social conditions, determines culture
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expansion diffusion
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A process of diffusion whereby the total amount of a particular innovation is increased over space. Contrast relocation diffusion.
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formal (uniform) region
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(Formal Regions) Formal (homogeneous) regions are places with similar features. The Corn Belt, the Piney Woods of East Texas, the Sahel in Africa are all formal regions
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functional (nodal) region
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Region is most commonly a geographical term that is used in various ways among the different branches of geography
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GIS
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A geographic information system (GIS), geographical information system, or geospatial information system is any system that captures, stores, analyzes, manages, and presents data that are linked to location
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GPS
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a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver
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globalization
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growth to a global or worldwide scale; "the globalization of the communication industry
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hearth
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used as a symbol of one's home
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hierarchical diffusion
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A form of expansion diffusion in which an innovation (or other phenomenon) spreads over space from large places to progressively smaller ones, skipping the spaces in between. Contrast contagious diffusion.
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mental map
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A map which represents the perceptions and knowledge a person has of an area
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physiological diffusion
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the process of when a substance moves from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration
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possibilism
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Possibilism in cultural geography is the theory that the environment sets certain constraints or limitations, but culture is otherwise determined by man's actions
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projection
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an image projected on a surface
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region
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an area or division, esp. part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
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regional studies
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(Regional study) A study of the environmental effects of possible future projects in a region. Such a study is usually conducted outside the scope of the Act
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relocation diffusion
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a process of diffusion in which an innovation moves from one place to another without leaving that innovation behind at the origin. In this sense, relocation diffusion is usually not expansion diffusion.
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remote sensing
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the scanning of the earth by satellite or high-flying aircraft in order to obtain information about it.
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scale
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a graduated range of values forming a standard system for measuring or grading something
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site
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a place where a particular event or activity is occurring or has occurred.
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situation
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the location and surroundings of a place
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space-time compression
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Time-space compression is a term used to describe processes that seem to accelerate the experience of time and reduce the significance of distance during a given historical moment
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stimulus diffusion
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Cultural diffusion, as first conceptualized by the famous Alfred L. Kroeber in his influential 1940 paper Stimulus Diffusion, or trans-cultural diffusion in later reformulations, is used in cultural anthropology and cultural geography to describe the spread of cultural items—such as ideas
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toponym
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a place name, esp. one derived from a topographical feature.
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transnational corporation
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A multinational corporation (MNC) trans national co-operation.(TNC), also called multinational enterprise (MNE), is a corporation or an enterprise that manages production or delivers services in more than one country. It can also be referred to as an international corporation
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uneven development
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The geographical expression of development under capitalism, where development in one place is interconnected with underdevelopment in another place
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vernacular (perceptual) region
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A region defined by perception (south, western, Hoosier region)
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