Circulation
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that happen on a regular basis. (3.1, p#80)
Mobility
All types of movement between locations. (3.1, p#80)
Migration Transition
A change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition. (3.1, p#81)
International Migration
Permanent movement from one country to another. (3.1, p#82)
Voluntary Migration
Permanent movement undertaken by choice. (3.1, p#82)
Forced Migration
Permanent movement compelled by cultural or environmental factors. (3.1, p#82)
Interregional Migration
Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. (3.1, p#83)
Intraregional Migration
Permanent movement within one region of a country. (3.1, p#83)
Internal Migration
Permanent movement within a particular country. (3.1, p#83)
Emigration
Migration from a location. (3.1, p#84)
Immigration
Migration to a new location. (3.1, p#84)
Net Migration
The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration. (3.1, p#84)
Counterurbanization
Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. (3.2, p#93)
Intervening Obstacle
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. (3.3, p#94)
Pull Factor
A factor that induces people to move to a new location. (3.3, p#94)
Push Factor
A factor that induces people to leave old locations. (3.3, p#94)
Step Migration
Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps towards a final destination. (3.3, p#94)
Internally Displaced Person (IDP)
Someone who has been forced to migrate for similar political reasons as a refugee but has not migrated across an international border. (3.3, p#95)
Refugees
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion. (3.3, p#95)
Asylum Seeker
Someone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee. (3.3, p#95)
Floodplain
The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends. (3.3, p#96)
Remittance
Transfer of money by workers to people in the country from which they emigrated. (3.3, p#99)
Unauthorized Immigrant
A person who enters a country without proper documents to do so. (3.3, p#103)
Brain Gain
Large-scale immigration by talented people. (3.4, N/A)
Brain Drain
Large-scale emigration by talented people. (3.4, p#104)
Family-Based/Chain Migration
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives previously migrated there. (3.4, p#104)
Quota
In reference to migration, a law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year. (3.4, p#104)
Circular/Cyclic Migration
The temporary movement of a migrant worker between home and host countries to seek employment. (3.4, p#108)
Guest Worker
A term once used for a worker who migrated to the developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of a higher-paying job. (3.4, p#108)