Chapter 3- Migration Flashcards

(38 cards)

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Brain drain

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Large- scale emigration by talented people

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Chain migration

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Migration of people to a specific location because of relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there

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Counterurbanization

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Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries

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Diaspora

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To disperse forcefully or voluntary of people from their homeland to a new place.

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Distance decay function

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The diminishing in the likeliness of a migrant to immigrate to an area based on how far away it is

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Emigration

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Migration from a location

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Floodplain

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An area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends

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Forced migration

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Permanent movement usually by cultural factors

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Guest workers

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Workers who migrate to more developed countries of north eastern and western Europe usually from south eastern and Eastern Europe or from north Africa in search of higher-paying jobs

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Immigration

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Migration to a new location

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Internal migration

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Permanent movement within a particular country

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International migration

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Permanent movement from one country to another

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Intervening obstacle

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And environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration

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Interaregional

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Movement within one region of the country

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Activity space

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The range of an area in which an organism participates in its daily activities

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15
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Lee’s Model

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In 1966 Everett Lee added to the Ravenstiens migration theory by defining push and pull factors

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Migration

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Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to new country

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Migration selectivity

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Only people exhibiting certain characteristics in a population choosing to migrate

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Migration stream

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The flow of migration; immigration and emigration patterns that appear when large numbers of people move from one location to another

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Migration transition

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Change in migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization population growth and other social and economic changes

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Mobility

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All types of movement from one location to another

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Net migration

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The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration

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Net-in migration

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If the number of immigrants exceeds the number of emigrants the net migration is positive in the region has net-in-migration

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Net-out migration

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If the number of emigrants exceeds the number of immigrants the net migration is negative and the region has net-out migration

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Pull factor
Factor that induces people to move to a new area
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Push factor
Factor that induces people to leave old residences
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Quotas
In reference to migration laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year
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Ravenstein's Laws
10 laws that predict the flow of migrants developed by demographer Ernest Ravenstein
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Refugees
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution
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Remittances
effective means to alleviate poverty particularly in rural areas where access to credit would otherwise be impossible
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Step migration
When people move up in a hierarchy of locations
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Suburbanization
Movement of urban people to the suburbs for various reasons such as more room larger homes less crime less population
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Time- contract workers
Immigrant recruited for a fixed period to work in mines or plantations
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Transhumance
The seasonal migration of life stuck between mountains and low land pastures
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Unauthorized immigrants
People who enter a country without proper documents
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Urbanization
An increase in the percentage of the number of people living in urban settlements
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Voluntary migration
Permanent migration undertaken by choice
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Zelinsky, Wilbur
One of Americans most prominent cultural geographers; equated migration to the demographic transition model.