Key Terms Flashcards
International economic migration. [3]
This is the movement of people for more than a year (1) to another country/across an international border (1) to seek employment/better employment/higher income (1). [3]
Stepped migration. [3]
Stepped migration occurs in a sequence of stages. These ‘steps’ occur within the settlement hierarchy (usually upwards, moving from lower order to higher order settlements). [3]
Refugee. [3]
A person who is outside his/her home country (1)owing to a well-founded fear of persecution (1) for reasons of race, religion, nationality or political opinion, and is unable to return (1). [3]
International migration. [3]
The movement of population (1) from one country to another / across international boundaries (1) for a period of more than a year (1). [3]
Forced (involuntary) migration. [3]
The movement of population/people for a period of 1 year or more forced (involuntary) impelled or not by choice – sometimes the whole population has to move. [3]
Internal migration [3]
population movement (1) inside a country/within national borders (1) of one year’s duration or more (1). [3]
Intra-urban migration. [2]
Permanent (more than 1 year) movement of people (1) within an urban area (1), not commuting.
Urban-urban migration [3]
Movement from one town or city (urban area) to another town or city 1 (candidates should unpack urban rather than simply reuse it) for one year or more 1 example (1). [3]
Rural-urban migration. [3]
The movement of people for a period of one year or more (1) from rural settlements or rural areas (farms, hamlets, villages) (1) to urban settlements or urban areas (towns and cities) (1). [3]
Net migration. [3]
The balance between people moving into a region or country (1) and the people moving out of that region or country (1) combined with natural population change when the total population change of a region or country is calculated (1). [3]
