GEOG 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Counterurbanization, Quality Of Life
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Chapter 3 geog 1101 8-31-16 lecture notes. Intraregional migration in the united states: migration from rural to urban areas. Primary reason = economic migration: migration from urban to suburban areas. Primary reason = suburban lifestyle: migration from urban to rural areas. ***economic conditions poverty and a desire for opportunity: jobs, natural resources, population growth, the economy. Political conditions persecution, expulsion, war: ruwanda genocide, refugees. Environmental conditions crop failures, floods, drought, environmentally induced famine: disease (ex- ebola, climate, no arable land, natural disasters. Culture and tradition threatened by change. Technology easier and cheaper transport or change in livability. Chain migration migration of people to a specific location because of relatives or members of the same nationality already there. Step migration short moves in stages (ex- brazilian family moves from village to town and then finally sao paulo or rio de janiero. Refugees those who have been forced to migrate. Push-pull factors push factors induce people to leave.
