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Migration and Urbanisation + Business and Economics Flashcards

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Migration

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when people move from one place to settle in another

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S.H.E.E.P.T factors and what they are used for

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Social
Historical
Economic
Environmental
Political
Technological

These factors are used to determine why a person might leave their country

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Social (S.H.E.E.P.T factors)

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factors relating to the values of a particular society - attitudes, religion, language skills, working skills, ethnicity

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Historical (S.H.E.E.P.T factors)

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factors relating to events in the past which somehow affect the current situation in a country

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Economic (S.H.E.E.P.T factors)

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factors relating to creating and spending money - including income and industry monies

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Environmental (S.H.E.E.P.T factors)

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factors relating to the features of natural environment - including landforms, climate and vegetation

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Political (S.H.E.E.P.T factors)

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factors relating to governments and non-governments including laws, regulations, and policies - and effect

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Technological (S.H.E.E.P.T factors)

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factors relating to science, engineering and communication

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What is emigrating?

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When somebody leaves their country

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What is immigrating?

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When somebody arrives in a country after leaving their own

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Permanent (Types of migration - Time)

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migrants choose to move and remain in their new location indefinitely

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Temporary (Types of migration - Time)

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migrants may choose to move again or even return to their original location

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Seasonal (Types of migration - Time)

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migrants move for a specific period of time for employment or due to climatic reasons

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International (Types of migration - Location)

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migrants choose to move from one country to another

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Internal (Types of migration - Location)

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migrants choose to move from one place within a country to another place within the same country

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Forced (Types of migration - Degree of choice)

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migrants have no option but to move, due to conflict / war, natural disasters, etc.

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Voluntary (Types of migration - Degree of choice)

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migrants freely choose to move for reasons that benefit them

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3 types of time related reasons for migrating

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Permanent, Temporary and Seasonal

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2 types of location related reasons for migrating

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International and Internal

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2 types of ‘degree of choice’ related reasons for migrating

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Forced and Voluntary

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Push factors definition

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characteristics of a place that are negative and make people want to move away from it

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Pull factors definition

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characteristics of a place that are positive and attractive and encourage people to move there

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What is a donor country?

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Country of origin

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What is a host country?

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Destination country

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Urbanisation

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an increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

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Example of large and densely populated urban area

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A city

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Example of a smaller urban area

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A town

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Settlements

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Are places where people live

They can be described as urban or rural

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Rural Settlements

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located in the countryside

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Urban Settlements

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a built-up area that has developed over time

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Suburbs

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an outlying district of a city, especially a residential one

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Urban sprawl

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involves the spreading out of a city, also known as suburbanisation

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Urban renewal

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when people try to improve and redevelop areas of the city/urban area

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Gentrification

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when a poor urban area is renewed allowing for some of the wealthy to move in, causing price changes/increase and less-wealthy people to be displaced into new areas

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What do the S.E.E. impacts stand for?

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Social
Economic
Environmental

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Positives of living in urban areas

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Are cultural
Better technology
More services
Better job opportunities
More access to medical services
More access to education
More access to transportation

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Negatives of living in urban areas

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Higher rates of crime
They are run by politicians and wealthy who use it to take from the poor
Crowding

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Slum

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An area of a city characterised by poor housing and poverty

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Conurbation and the ones in Australia (4 of them)

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When cities combine to form a continuous urban area eg. Perth and Mandura, Melbourne and Geelong, Newcastle and Sydney, Brisbane and Gold Coast

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Why are logo’s useful for business?

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Logos are useful as they show an image and a mark of the business. People can recognise this logo and then the business

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Supply and Demand chart

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It has price on the y-axis, and quantity on the x-axis. It may have a certain product’s price on the y-axis and then it’s competitors at reasonable prices next to it. Then a supply line and a demand line is drawn. (supply line going up and demand going down as if the supply high then the demand is low as there is more of that product. If the supply is low then the demand is higher as there is less of that product). The point where the two lines intersect is called the equilibrium point and is the best supply and demand for that product

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Types of economic resources

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Land (resources found in nature, rainfall, food on trees)
Labour (people employed by businesses and companies and people who working to create resources)
Capital (resources gained by a combination of labour and land resources eg electricity)
Enterprise (individuals who organise and combine other three resources to creak value and take risks)

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Economic scarcity/basic economic problem

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People have unlimited wants but only limited supplies

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