GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Core Countries, Immigration
16 Jan 2017
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The spatial movement of population from one place to another. People coming into the country: emigration(e) Different spatial contexts: international migration, inter-regional migration, inter-urban. Key issues of interest to geographers: migration: cultural, political and economic characteristics of migrants. Who are they: number of migrants(flow) How many of hem are there: distance moved. How far have they traveled: political boundaries crossed. Provincial vs. national: causes of migration. What factors influence one"s decision to migrate: time spent in new location. Migration: a form of population redistribution. Latin america>north america: many core countries depend on immigration to sustain population and economic growth. Low natural population growth, high economic and social development: source countries. High natural population growth, low economic and social development. Push/pull theory: based upon push and pull factors, push. Factors that make a current living location undesirable. Local economic crises, cultural or political oppression, environmental or political crises: pull. Conditions that make another place appear to be better.
