Innovation Diffusion as Spatial Process

Summary/Reflection of Chapter 1 (Innovation Diffusion as Spatial Process)
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Chapter 1 looks into the diffusion of innovations, specifically the origin and spread/propagation of cultural originalities. Humans living in different parts of the world develop cultural proclivities that disseminate into different parts. Indeed, culture is an indispensable aspect of human activities and its integration and propagation over the years has attracted interest from top scholars including Törsten Hägerstrand. In the Swedish version of his research, Torsten looks into the varying extent of cultural propagation using six indicators that are widely accepted by many people. The English version contained evaluation models introduced the essential research aspect of simulations. Importantly, both these versions emphasized the notion that proximity in terms of both geographical and social networks was instruments in the dissemination of cultural proclivities ...