Human Development
In simple terms, the highest possible HDI score.
1.0
Primary, Tertiary, and Quinary are all examples of this type of societal organization.
Economic Sectors
The invention of the Steam Engine by this man, is known as a major catalyst of the industrial revolution.
James Watt
The reduction of time it takes for something to reach another place due to technological advancements in transport/communication.
Time-Space Compression
This process occurs when a minority group completely loses its original cultural traits as it adopts the customs of the dominant "host" society.
Assimilation
It's the 3 parts that determine the development of a country (in the HDI).
GNI, Life Expectancy, Schooling
This term describes the rapid, unrestricted expansion of housing and commercial development over large areas of land with little concern for urban planning.
Urban Sprawl
It's said by most historians that the Industrial Revolution began in this country.
United Kingdom
The clustering of industries in the same area to share specialized labor, infrastructure, and markets.
Agglomeration
In opposition to Malthus, he believed population growth drives agricultural development and technological innovation, rather than being limited by food supply .
Ester Boserup
This metric measures the loss of potential human development due to inequality between female and male achievements.
Gender Inequality Index (GII)
The minimum number of people required to support a business or service.
Threshold
Outside of his work in transportation, he also invented the assembly line!
Henry Ford
A location where goods are transferred from one mode of transport to another.
Break of Bulk Point
This term describes the number of people per unit of arable land.
Physiological Density
It's what PPP stands for.
Purchasing Power Parity
This discriminatory and now-illegal practice involved banks drawing lines on maps to refuse loans to people living in certain "risky" neighborhoods.
Redlining
Weber suggested this concept, which said that manufacturing plants locate where costs are lowest.
Least Cost Theory
Manufacturing activities where transport costs of raw materials/products are not crucial to location. Kick off your Sunday shoes!
Footloose Industry
Of the 5 stages of the Demographic Transition Model, it's the one with the most increase in population.
Stage 2
These small-scale, low-interest investments are often given to women in developing countries to help start small businesses.
Microloans
This explains how land price and demand decrease as distance from the CBD increases.
Bid-Rent Theory
This industry was the first to use factory-based production.
Textiles
A nation experiencing lower levels of industrialization and lower income per capita is known as this, also called an LDC.
Less Developed Country
As said by Wallerstein, these "corner of your eye" countries provide raw materials and cheap labor to the wealthier Core nations.
Periphery