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Sun belt
Increase # of economic opportunities
An area of rapid economic & population growth that begin in the late 1960s
Economic PULL factors
Going to a place because of a job
Economic PUSH factors
No jobs
Political PULL factors
Opportunity for freedom, countries that encourage individual choice in education, career, and place of residence
Political PUSH factors
Don’t protect citizens
High unstable, Gov doing - things
Political instability, Human Trafficking, Slave Trade
Rust belt
An area of industrial decline that began around 1980 (economic push)
Environmental PUSH factors
Harsh climate, lack arable land, water (too little or too much), hurricanes, tornadoes, floods
Environmental PULL factors
attractive environment, mountains, seasides, lakes, warm climates (Florida, Arizona)
Demographic PUSH factors
Overpopulation/carrying capacity, lack of available resources
Demographic PULL factors
Woman pulled to an area with high male (can find a spouse)
Emigration
Moving out of a location
Immigration
Moving into a location
Return migration
Migrants going back or returning to their previous place of residence or origin
GDP
Money
Intervening obstacle (SPEED)
S - cultural diversity/not welcome
P - gov enact quota laws; passports/visas to migrate
E - travel cost to expensive
E - environmental obstacles
D - unbalanced gender ratio or over population
Social PUSH factors
Religious persecution, poor access to health care or education, lack of gender empowerment, high crime areas
Social PULL factors
Same ethnicity or religion, better schools/education, better health care, entertainment
intervening opportunity
nearby attractive location where migrants may decide to settle instead of going to the intended destination farther away
migration pull factors
attributes of other places that make them appealing to potential migrants
migration push factors
factors that cause propped to be dissatisfied with their present location
rural-to-urban migration
younger, more educated, more adventurous, more risk taking
forced migration
migration caused by forced out of control, such as disasters, social conflicts, and development projects
intervening opportunity
nearby attractive location where migrants may decide to settle instead of going to intended destination
IDP
forced to migrate for similar reasons as refugee but had not migrated out of international borders
transhumance
phenomenon where herders and their livestock move seasonally between summer and winter pastures
malthusian theory
explains theories of population growth and decline
economic effect of more females becoming educated
economy improves, women go into business enter the workforce
women effects on mortality
better educated on hygiene, nutrition, seek medical treatment, and practice family planning
women’s affect on migration
more autonomy (freedom) more choice on where to migrate
net migration
the difference between # of immigrants and # of emigrants
guest worker
a person with temporary permission to work in another country
voluntary migration
migrate somewhere by choice, doing it willingly
transnational migration
migrants moved back and forth between home country and country they decided to migrate too.
step migration
migration carried out in a series of stages, usually from nearby to bigger, more distant places
return migration
migrant returning back to their place of residence or origin
intervening obstacle
complications that potential migrants will need to overcome to reach their destination
chain migration
when a migrant migrated to a new place causing their family members, friends, and others to move to the same place
malthusian crisis
exceeds carrying capacity which leads to war, famine, and disease
why didn’t Malthus theory work (food supply)
preserve food (refrigerator)
food supply grows faster then he thought
new/better technology/mechanization
why didn’t Malthus theory work (population)
antinatalist policy
women are in workforce now
we industrialized
gender empowerment
improved medical care
high mortality rate
low fertility rate
Malthus proposed solutions
(all negative)
abortion
delayed marriage
celibacy
birth control
semi periphery countries
Brazil
Argentina
Mexico
China
India
periphery countries
Zimbabwe
Afghanistan
Philippines
Hungary
Cuba
Core countries
USA
Canada
Australia
Denmark
Finland
Japan
Germany
UK
Asylum seeker
someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee
refugee
someone who is forced to leave the country to avoid conflicts, violations of human rights, generalized violence
international migration
when moves are made across national borders
internal migration
migration within a countries national borders
inter regional migration
migration inside a region
ex: northeast to southeast
intra regional migration
region made inside a region
ex: northeast to northeast
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