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absolute location
the coordinates of a place using latitude and longitude
accessibility
the ability to reach a place with respect to another place
agricultural density
the number of farmers per unit of farmland
arithmetic density
the total number of objects in an area
cartography
the science of map-making
choropleth map
a thematic map using shading to show a pattern of a variable (the darker the shading, the higher the concentration of the variable)
concentration
the extent of a feature's spread over space
connectivity
relationships among people and objects across the barrier of space
contagious diffusion
the rapid, widespread diffusion of a characteristic throughout the population
core-periphery
central, wealthy, technologically advanced countries vs. less-developed, poor, and dependant countries
cultural ecology
the geographic study of human-environment relationships
cultural landscape
forms superimposed on the physical environment by humans
density
the frequency with which something occurs in space
diffusion
the process by which a characteristic spreads across space from one place to another over time
distance decay
contact diminishes with increasing distance and eventually disappears