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22 Cards in this Set
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Activity space |
The space within which daily activity occurs |
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Chain migration |
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
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Cyclic movement |
Movement for example nomadic migration that has closed route and his repeated annually or seasonally |
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Distance decay |
The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin |
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Forced |
Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors |
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Gravity model |
A mathematical formula that describes the level of interaction between two places based on the size of their populations and their distance from each other |
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Internal migration |
Permanent movement within the same country |
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Intervening opportunity |
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration |
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InterContinental migration patterns |
Permanent movement from one country to another on the same continent |
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Inter-regional migration patterns |
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another |
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Rural urban migration patterns |
The process of people moving from rural areas to cities |
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Migratory movement |
The number or body of persons or animals migrating together |
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Periodic movement |
Motion that recurs over and over in the period of time required for each reoccurrence Remains the Same |
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Personal space |
The physical space immediately surrounding someone into which any encroachment feels threatening to or uncomfortable for them |
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Place utility |
The process of increasing the attractiveness of a product to a group of consumers by altering its physical location |
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Push pull factors |
Factors that induce people to leave old residences |
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Refugee |
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race religion nationality membership of a social group or political opinion |
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Space-time prism |
Set of all points that can be reached by an individual given a maximum possible speed from a starting point |
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Step migration |
A series of shorter less extreme migrations from a person's place of origin to Final Destination such as moving from a farm to a village to a town and finally to a city |
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Transhumance |
The action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing around to another in a seasonal cycle typically to lowlands and winter and Highlands in the summer |
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Transmigration |
The movement of a soul into another body after death |
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Voluntary migration |
Relocation according to personal desires people decide to move to a new place for many reasons and those who voluntary migrate are often motivated by economic reasons and are searching for a better life |