Internal Migration Within A Country - Population And Settlement

Question 1

• country
• migration type and route
• type of people who are migrating
• number of people who are migrating

Answer 1

• United Kingdom
• counter-urbanisation from London to South West
• elderly people and families
• +20 thousand net migration

Question 2

• push factors (3)

- pull factors (3)

Answer 2

• lots of crime (105/1000 population
• less crime (61/1000 population)
• high house prices (average £495,000)
• low house prices (average £185,000)
• overcrowded (London population 7.6 million)
• sparsely population (South West population 5.2 million)

Question 3

Consequences in the South West (3)

Answer 3

• have to build more houses (14,300 new properties built in 2014, a 5% increase from the previous year)
• left with an ageing population (20% of the population are 65+ which puts pressure on the 16 acute hospitals in the South West)
• increase in congestion (7% increase in traffic on major roads from 2001 to 2011 - annoys local people and increases pollution)

Question 4

Consequences in London (1)

Answer 4

• causes ghettoisation in London as migrants move in where people have moved out (foreign born population in London increased by 6% from 2011 to 2014). Often these cultures and ethnic minority’s group together, which causes an extreme divide in society in the city - the Bengali population in London live in isolated and socially excluded enclaves, mainly in Tower Hamlets

Question 5

Management (2)

Answer 5

• overcrowding (largest net migration of any region in the UK) - build more houses (14,300 in 2014/5% increase)
• rising house prices (from £185,000) - second home ban in St Ives and Mevagissey to encourage more affordable housing to be built for locals