Ch.3 Flashcards
(25 cards)
Migration transition
Changes in society compared to changes in demographic transition.
Mobility
Covering all movements from one place to another.
International migration
A permanent move from one country to the other
Internal migration
A permanent move within the same country
Voluntary migration
Implies that a migrant moved for economic improvement
Forced migration
Migrants was compelled to move, especially by political or environmental factors
Net migration
Difference between number of immigrants and emigrants.
Immigration
Migration to a location
Emigration
Leaving a country to reside in another
Circulation
Cyclical movements that occur on a daily basis
Push factor
Induces people to move out of their current location
Pull factors
Induces people to move into a new location
Refugee
A person who has been forced to move from country to country to avoid the effects of armed, conflict, situations of generalized violence , violations of human rights and cannot return for fear of persecution because of race, religion, nationality, membership, or political opinion
Intervening
Environmental or political feature that hinders migration.
Brain drain
A large scale emigration by talented people
Chain migration
The migration of people to different locations because of relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there
Guest worker
A term used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of Northern Europe and Western usually from spurt her and Eastern Europe or from North Africa in search of a higher paying job
Counterurbanization
Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries
Gravity model
The size of two populations and their distance
Activity space
The space within which daily activity occurs
Distance decay
The various degenerative effects of distance on human spatial structures and interactions
Intervening opportunity
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that helps migration
Periodic movement
A form of migration that involves intermittent but recurrent movement such as temporary relocation for college or service in the military
Step migration
Migration to a distant destination that occurs in stages. For example from farm to nearby village to town to city
