2.10 Causes Of Migration Flashcards
Spatial mobility
All forms of geographical movement including travel and commuting
Social (upward) mobility
Essentially climbing the social ladder like being promoted
Migration
Long term MOVE of an individual from one place to another
Migrant
A person who migrants or moves
Non-migrant
A person who stays or doesn’t move
Origin
Persons location before migration
Distinction
Where a person is going
Emigration
ACT of a migrant leaving their origin
Emigrants
People who leave their origin
Immigration
ACT of a migrant arriving at their destination
Immigrants
People who arrive at their destination
Migration stream
Flow of migrants from an origin to a destination
Counterstream
Opposite flow. Migrants from a destination to an origin
Net-migration
The difference between in-migrants and out-migrants
Net migration rate (NMR)
Provide equation
of migrants per 1,000 people
Net migration
——————— • 1,000
Population
Migration age profile
Relationship between the odds of migration and age
Brain drain
Phenomenon where a country loses smart people because of migration
Brain gain
Phenomenon wheee a country GAINS smart people because of migration. Likely in developed country’s
Push-pull theory:
Two contrasting sets of factors that influence migration
Push factors
Factors that cause dissatisfied
People who want to move (negative)
Pull factors
Attributes of other places that influence moving there (positives)
Intervening obstacles
Challenges that potential migrants will have to overcome in order to reach a destination
Social networks
Friends and family
Intervening opportunity
A new attractive destination instead of a farther away original destination
List push factors
Disease
Persecution of religions, races, genders, and political groups
War
Natural disasters
List pull factors
Economic opportunities
Climate and physical attributes
Higher standards of living
Lost intervening obstacles
Long Distances
Laws that restrict migration
