1.2 Migration Flashcards
Counterurbanisation
the process of population as people move from large urban area to small urban areas
Decentralisation
the movement of people or industry away from the centre of the city to the suberbs
internally displaced people
People forced to flee their homes due to human or environmental factors, but who remain in the same country
Involuntary migration
People are amade to move against their will due to human or environmental factors
Migration
The movement of people across a specified boundry, national or international, to establish a new permanent place of residence
Pull factors
Positive conditions at the point of destination that encourage people to migrate
Push factors
Negative conditions at the point of otigin that encourages or forces people to move
Refugee
People forced to flee their homes due to human or environmental factors
remittances
Money sent by migrants back to their families in their home communities
Rural depopulation
Population decline in a rural area. It is usually the most isolated rural areas that are affected
Voluntary migration
Free choice whether to migrate or not.
Lack of jobs
push factor
access to education
pull factor
economic migrant
someone who migrates for monetary reasons - e.g. leaving poverty to earn more money
immigration
the flow of people coming into a country
