GGR208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Migration Period, Forced Migration, Social Capital
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Definition: the permanent or semi-permeant movement of people from one place to another, the relocation of both residential environment and activity space. Patterns of migration: suburbanization - move away from inner city core to the suburban, exurbanization - extension of suburb (e. g. up north ontario), hard to differentiate the different urban areas. Types of migration: forced migration - has no say to go or not go (e. g. deportation) Impelled migration/reluctant relocation - leeway to migrate, but there is a lot of pressure/force to leave (e. g. war, refugees: free/voluntary migration - you decided to go. Migration: global trends: scope - getting bigger (can move quicker) 5 tendencies likely to feed into migration tendencies: globalization, time and space are compressed. The links of age, gender, education and migration: age, younger groups (age 20-30, they are not established in countries, career opportunities. Intervening factor - depending the amount of opportunities that attract you to migrate: driving force, zipf.
