Spatial Diffusion

Innovation

implies change to a culture that result from ideas created within the social group itself and adopted by the culture

Relocation Diffusion

innovation is carried to new areas by migrating individuals or populations

Hierarchical Diffusion

diffusion to large/important areas first, then lesser areas later

Contagious Diffusion

rapid, widespread contact diffusion; when adoption of an innovation spreads from an area that is practiced to a neighboring area

Expansion Diffusion

spread from one place to others after direct or indirect contact

Innovation "laggards"

the gap that may develop between a newly adopted technology and other, slower-paced social traits

Spatial Diffusion

the process of dispersion of an idea or an item from a center of origin to more distant points with which it is directly or indirectly connected