APHUG unit 2

Economic pull factor

Rivers, oceans, fresh water, fertile soil

Social pull factor

Connection to other areas which allow trade with other countries

Historical pull factor

Events that created the place

Political pull factor

Legal system, freedom, and protection of rights

Arithmetic density

Total population divided by total land

Physiological density

Total population divided by the tot arable land

Agricultural density

Total farms divided by total arable land

Stage one of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

High birth rates

High death rates

Low total population

Stage two of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

High birth rates

Rapidly decreasing death rates

Increasing total population

Stage three of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

Rapidly decreasing birth rates

Low death rates

Increasing total population

Stage four of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

Low birth rates

Low death rates

High total population

Thomas Malthus’s model (Malthusian Theory)

The total population will grow exponentially and the resources or food will grow linearly, leading to point of crisis when there will not be enough resources for the population

Transnational migration

Migrating to another country, but staying connected with their home country

Chain migration

A legal immigrant sponsors a family member to immigrate to the new country

Guest worker

Migrants temporarily migrate to a new country for work or education reasons

Transhumance migration

Migration that revolves around seasonal movement of livestock

Rural-to-urban migration

Movement of people from rural settlement to urban settlements

Intraregional migration

Migration that involves a permanent move within the same region

Interregional Migration

Migration that involves a permanent move from one region of a country to another region in the same country

Remittance

Money an immigrant sends back to their family residing in their home country