2.2 Internal migration

Question 1

Rural-urban migration

Answer 1

Movement of people from the countryside to towns and cities.

Question 2

Counterurbanisation

Answer 2

Process where people move from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements.

Question 3

Intra-urban migration

Answer 3

Migration within a single urban area.

Question 4

Inter-urban migration

Answer 4

Migration between different urban areas.

Question 5

Macro-level

Answer 5

Large scale

Question 6

Core

Answer 6

Region of concentrated economic development with advanced systems of infrastructure. Low unemployment and high income.

Question 7

Periphery

Answer 7

Region of low or declining economic development. High unemployment and low income.

Question 8

Meso-level

Answer 8

Intermediate scale.

Question 9

Intervening obstacles

Answer 9

Barriers between point of origin and destination for migrants.

Question 10

Micro-level

Answer 10

Small scale.

Question 11

Remittances

Answer 11

Money sent home to families by migrants working elsewhere.

Question 12

Depopulation

Answer 12

Absolute decline in the population of an area, frequently caused by out-migration.

Question 13

Family life cycle

Answer 13

Various stages families with children pass through over time, with corresponding changes in housing needs.

Question 14

Population structure

Answer 14

Composition of a population, the most important factor being age and sex.