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Difference between Push & Pull Factors |
PushFactors - defined as factors thatencourage or for people to move out of a country to another Pull Factors - defined as factorsthat attract people to a given country |
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What are the five types of migration? |
-ecological migration -voluntary migration -involuntary migration -illegal migration -international migration |
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What are the five causes of refugee movements? |
1. Threats of violence 2. Authoritarian governmentcontrol 3. Religious, racial, or ethnicpersecution 4. Environmental scarcities 5. Declining socio-economicconditions |
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What are internally displaced persons (IDP)? |
People forced to move from their homes but not outsideof their country. (-there are more IDPs in theworld than refugees-IDPS are more at risk than refugees because they are still under thejurisdiction of the government that forced them to move to begin with) |
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What does the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) do? |
tries to assist refugees by providing three"durable solutions" |
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What are the UNHCR's three durable solutions? |
-Voluntary repatriation -Local Integration-Third Country Resettlement |
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Difference between Urban Growth and Urbanization: |
-Urban growth: defined as a measure of the actualnumber of people added to a city's population (achieved through naturalincrease and immigration) -Urbanization: defined as the portion of thecountry's total population living in towns and cities (ex. 2012 - 80.77% ofCanada's population was considered to be urban)-Urban populations in developed countries are in a stateof constant flux |
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Counter-Urbanization |
-defined as people moving out of the central cityareas and suburbs and moving to small and medium sized urban places and ruralareas -Counter-urbanization became popular because thesesmaller, more rural areas had less social issues (ex. Less crimes andhomelessness), cheaper land costs, lower property taxes and lifestyles wereless hectic |
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Over-urbanization |
defined as occurring when a city's population growsfaster than the number of housing units or jobs are available to sustain it |
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Economic base |
Functions and activities on which a city or regiondepends for its existence. |
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Basic activities |
A good or service that brings money into a city orregion (ex. Corporate head offices). |
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Non-basic activity |
A good or service provided only for residents of acity or region. |
