AP Test Population Density

Migration

movement from one place to another place

Immigration

Migration to a new location IN the country

Emigration

The act of leaving a country or place of residence with the intent to settle elsewhere

Net Migration (in and out)

The difference between the number of persons who enter a territory (immigrants) and the number who leave (emigrants),

International Migration

The movement of people across international borders for settlement.

Transnational Migration

People who travel along country sub-states and not outside of the country

Voluntary Migration

Migrants choose to move, usually for economic improvements

Involuntary/Forced Migration

Migrants are compelled to move through political or environmental factors ( Refugees/Asylum Seekers)

Causes/reasons which are push which are pull

Push: Reasons migrants leave (immigration)

Pull: Reasons migrants enter (immigration)

Asylum

the protection from oppression or hardship offered by another country.Asylum seekers are a type of forced migrant, meaning they migrate involuntarily.

Refugee

people who must leave their home area for their own safety or survival

Internally Displaced Person

someone who is forced to leave their home but who remains within their country's borders

Step Migration

When a migrant follows a path of a series of stages, or steps toward a final destination

Chain Migration

When a migrant communicates to family and friends at home, encourages further migration along the same path, along kinship links

Guest worker

voluntary migrants who temporarily migrate to another country seeking job opportunities

Remittances

the money or goods that migrants send back to families and friends in origin countries

Internal Migration

permanent move within the same country

Interregional migration

Movement from one region of a country to another, commonly from rural to urban

Intraregional migration

Movement within one region usually within the urban area, from city to suburbs

Rural to urban

city to countryside area

Urban to suburban

Countryside to lower density areas that separate residential and commercial areas from one another (Baldwin)

Urban to rural

urbanization is the process where people move from urban areas to rural areas, seeking a change in lifestyle or environment