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movement of people from one place in the world to another for the purpose of taking up permanent or semi permanent residence, usually across a political boundary |
Migration |
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Between continents |
intercontinental |
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between countries on a given continent |
intracontinental |
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permanent movement from one region of a country to another |
interregional |
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permanent movement within one region of a country |
intraregional migration |
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Moving to a new home within a state, country or continent |
internal migration |
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moving to a new home in a different state, country, or continent |
external migration |
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leaving one country to move to another |
emigration |
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moving into a new country |
immigration |
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when a government forces a large group of people out of a region usually based on ethnicity or religion |
forced migration |
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individuals are not forced out of their country, but leave because of unfavorable situations such as warfare, political problems, or religious persecution |
Imposed migration |
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A series of shorter, less extreme migrations from a persons place of origin to final destination, |
step migration |
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a series of migrations within a family, which usually starts off by one person of the family moving and sending money over, to slowly help bring the whole family over |
chain migration |
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The voluntary movements of immigrants back to their place of origin |
return migration |
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the process of moving for a period of time in response to labor or climate conditions |
seasonal migration |
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a person who is residing outside the country of his or her origin due to fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion |
refugee |
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A person who is forced to leave his or her home region because of unfavorable counditions, but does not cross any boundaries |
Internally displaced person |
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a group migration from a particular country, region, or city to a certain destination |
migration stream |
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reasons for emigrating |
push factors |
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reasons for immigrating |
pull factors |
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The desirability of a place based on its social, economic, or environmental situation, often used to compare the value of living in different locations. |
Place utility |
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Opportunities nearby are usually considered more attractive than equal or slighty better opportunities farther away |
Intervening opportunities |
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as distance from a given location increases, understanding of that location decreases. |
Distance Decay |
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Most migrants travel only a short distance Migrants traveling long distances usually end up in the city Most migrations occur in steps Most migration is rural to urban Each migration flow produces a movement in the opposite direction (counterflow) Most migrants are adults Most international migrants are young males, whole more internal migrants are female |
Ravensteins Migration Laws |
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The process through which certain charactersitics spread over space and through time |
diffusion |
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ideas, cultural traits, that move with people from one place to another and do not remain in the point of origin |
relocation diffusion |
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Ideas, cultural traits that move people from one place to another but are not lost at the point of origin |
expansion diffusion |
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structures or artifacts that reflect the cultures and histories of those who constructed or occupy them |
cultural markers |
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People moving into one place from another place within a nation |
in migration |
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people moving out of one place to another place within a nation |
out migration |
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total number of in migrants and out migrants |
gross migration |
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the difference between in migration and out migration |
net internal migration |
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people coming into a nation from another country or part of the world |
movers from abroad |
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the difference between net internal migration and movers from abroad |
net migration |
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in reference to migration, a law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year |
quotas |
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people who enter a country without proper documents |
undocumented immigrants |
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large-scale immigration by talented people |
brain drain |
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permanent movement from one country to another |
international migration |
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an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration |
intervening obstacle |
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all types of movement from one location to another |
mobility |
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short-term, repetitive or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis |
circulation |
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net migration from urban to rural areas in mdcs. |
counterurbanization |
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workers who migrate to the mdcs of n and w europe usually from s and e europe or from n america in search of higher paying jobs |
guest workers |
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country to which a refugee relocates |
host country |
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shelter of protection from danger granted by a country to someone forced to leave their home country |
asylum |
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A person who has moved across international borders in search of protection and filed a claim for asylum with the host's country's government |
asylum seeker |
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Established by the United nations, an international organization responsible for the protection of refugees worldwide |
United nations refugee agency |
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Ethnic neighborhoods |
enclaves |
