GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: New Place, M People
12 Sep 2020
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Push: being in an undesirable place [push out] lomoar cpsd| 2151316: local economic crises, cultural or political oppression, environmental or political crises. Pull: aware of a more desirable place [pull in] o. Its not as muc better as you thinkpeople perceive the place they"re migrating to is better 3 main forms: Political: threat to survival due to political or religious beliefs. Environmental: severe weather, desertification, pollution, etc. famine&drought ravenstein"s laws: A series of generalizations drawn from obsercations of migration behavior as illustrated in historical census data o short distance o. Families (more men migrate internationally then women, and most international migrants are adults (without families) o ruraltourban(intra-regionalmigration) o. European examples: a search for a better life (great opportunities) o population pressures: europe was over populated around 19th o barriers today: restrict how migration moves: intra-regional vs. international (within a country as oppose to international- atlantic, forced. People in africa move to other parts of.
