Geography Definitions

Spread of something over a given area

• Diffusion

• Distance decay

• Contagious diffusion

• Concertation

Increasing gap in economic conditions between care and peripheral regions as a result of the globalization

• Uneven development

• Expansion diffusion

• Globalization

• Housing bubble

Company that conducts research, operates factories, and sells products in many countries, not just where it's headquarters or shareholders are located

• Globalization

• Herath

• Transnational corporation

• Polder

Process of spread of a feature or trend from one place to another over time

• Contagious diffusion

• Diffusion

• Expansion diffusion

• Projection

Spread of feature or trend through bodily movement of people from one place to another

• Relocation diffusion

• Hierarchical diffusion

Fashioning of a natural landscape by a cultural group

• Cultural diffusion

• Culture

• Cultural landscape

Spread of underlying principle even though a specific characteristic is rejected

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Stimulus diffusion

Region from which innovative ideas originate

• Hearth

• Globalization

Frequency with which something exists within a given unit of area

• Density

• Globalization

Spread of a feature or trend from one key person or node of authority or power to other persons or places

• Hierarchical diffusion

• Relocation diffusion