HUMAN GEO
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scale of analysis
level of detail, spatial extent, or boundary level at which geographic data is grouped
sex ration
male births/female births (above 100 means more males)
natural increase rate
percentage a population grows in a year (CBR-CDR)
transnational migration
migrant emigrates from home country to another country but remains connected with original country
devolution
politcal power from central government to local
subsequent boundary
boundary that is created and evolves with cultural groups
consequent boundary
boundary that is meant to align with specific cultural group
megacities
exceeding 10 million (NYC)
metacities
exceeding 20 million (Tokyo)
megalopolis
heavily populated area formed when several metropolitan areas merge
exurbs
inbetween suburbs and cities, merging them
boomburbs
large, rapidly growing suburban city
disamenity zones
poorest areas within cities
weber’s least cost theory
industries locate to minimize costs
rostow’s stages of economic growth
all countries want to modernize but at different speeds
neoliberal policies
free trade
agglomeration
clustering industries near eachother