Flashcards in Chapter 3 Deck (33)
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Brain Drain
A large-scale emigration by talented people
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Chain Migration
The migration of people because of relatives of members of the same nationality previously migrated there
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Circulation
Short term, repetitive movements that recur on a regular basis (collage students)
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Counterurbanization
Net migration from urban to rural areas
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Emigration
Migration from a location
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Floodplain
The area subject to flooding during a specific number of years based on historical trends
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Forced migration
The migrant has been compelled to move by cultural factors normally compel forced migration
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Guest workers
citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in Western Europe and the Middle East
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Immigration
Migration to a location
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Internal migration
Permanent movement within the same country
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International migration
Permanent movement from one country to another
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Interregional migration
Movement from one region of country to another
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Intervening obstacle
An environmental or cultural feature that hinders migration
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Intraregional migration
Movement within one region
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Migration
Permanent move to a new location
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Migration transition
Change in a society comparable to those in the demographic transition
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Mobility
A more general term covering all types of movements from one place to another
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Net migration
the difference between the number of immigrants and the number if emigrants
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Pull factor
Induces people to move into a new location (wanting to)
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Step migration
All the moves that are in between the start and your final destination
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Time space convergence
Transportation and communication technology improvement. Makes far space seem closer (air planes)
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Topological space
Place a is father away from place b than c but b is closer
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Transhumance
Seasonal migration of animals
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Intervening oppritunite
Something good interrupts migration
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Friction of distance
People don't move any farther away then they have to
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Counter urbanization
Improved transportation and communication moving out of cites
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Step migration
All the moves that are in between the start and your final destination
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Time space convergence
Transportation and communication technology improvement. Makes far space seem closer (air planes)
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Topological space
Place a is father away from place b than c but b is closer
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Transhumance
Seasonal migration of animals
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Intervening oppritunite
Something good interrupts migration
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Friction of distance
People don't move any farther away then they have to
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