GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Core Countries, New Place
3 Feb 2014
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Population migration is the spatial movement of population, from one place to another: p1 = p0 + (births-deaths) + (immigration emigration ) Immigration is the movement into a country/region; emigration is the movement out of a country/region: movement in terms of international, inter-regional, and local. Net immigration (immigration emigration: destination countries: immigrants outweigh the emigrants,( low natural population growth, high economic growth and social development, source countries: emigrants outweigh the immigrants, (high natural population growth, low economic growth and social development) Three main forms: economic: consequence of differences in wages, political: threat to survival due to political or religious beliefs, environmental: severe weather, desertification, pollution. Intra-regional migration is usually characterized by rural to urban migration: migrants are drawn to large centres of economic activity. Types of migration: free (voluntary): a search for a better life , population pressures, barriers today (intra- regional vs. interational, forced: slavery (a long history),
