Due to technology, distant places start to feel closer and physically take less time to reach. This process is sometimes called "time-space compression"
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Card 7
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The most developed and highly populated region of a country. The growth of these areas is fed by flow from rural areas.
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A geographically concentrated group of connected industries and instituitions including firms, suppliers and banks.
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Regions that are strongly connected to other place through trade and consumption.
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The abilities and potential of the human population in terms of their educational levels, skills and languages and their capacity to create.
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The number of births per 1000 people per year in a region
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The movement of people between different regions within the same nation
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A factory built in a country by a TNC that has it's headquartes elsewhere.
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The decline of regionally important manafacturing industries
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The difference in levels of economic and social well-being between the richest and poorest people
