Chapter 3 Flashcards
Emigration
Movement out of an area
Immigration
Movement into an area
Voluntary
There are push and pull factors
Forced
Person/people have absolutely no choice
Step migration
A series of small, less extreme locational changes ; from a farm to a small town, to a larger town and then a city
Chain migration
the idea that there exists an established linkage or chain from the point of origin for migrants to their destination
Cyclic movement
Every day movements to and from work, school, stores, etc.
Migratory movement
Permanent relocation
Periodic movement
Move for a certain period of time ; college, military
Intercontinental movements
from continent to continent
Interregional movement
Movement within a country
Rural to urban migration
from the countryside to cities
Ravenstien’s Law
Most migrants only go a short distance, is rural to urban, proceeds step by step, are adults
Longer distance favors big-cities
International are mostly male
Each migration flow produces a counterflow
Push-pull factors
The push away from a home or the attractiveness to move to an area
Distance decay
A function that represents the way that some entity or its influence decays with distance from its geographical location
