Human Geography Notes 1.1.3
What is Migration?
- Migration is a type of mobility
- Migration is a permanent move to a new location
- Movement of people from one place to another
Emigration - Migration from a location
Immigration - Migration to a location
- On average, Americans move once every 6 years.
- The US population is the most mobile in the world with over 5 million moving from one state to another yearly.
- 35 million people move within a state, county, or community every year
Reasons for migration
- People decide to migrate because of push & pull factors.
Push factor- induces people to move out of their present location.
Pull factor- influences people to move to a new location.
- Push factors come in three types - economic, cultural, & environmental
- Most people migrate for economic reasons - they want to make more money from their jobs.
- Intervening obstacles - environmental or cultural feature that hinders migration.
- In the past, these were primarily environmental. Now, these are much more about politics and culture.
Types of migration
- Internal Migration - Two types:
- interregional migration - movement from one region to another within a country
- intraregional migration - movement within a region
- International migration - migration between countries
- Net out-migration - Most migrants in the world come from these countries: Asia, Africa, and Latin America
- Net in-migration - Most migrants in the world go to these countries: North America, Europe, and Oceania