Migration Key Terms Flashcards
Assimilation
To become integrated into mainstream society.
Chain migration
a process that occurs when after one or a small number of pioneering migrants have led the way, others from the same rural community follow.
Core
A regional of concentrated economic development with advanced systems of infrastructure, resulting in high average income and relatively low unemployment.
Counter-stream.
The reverse flow of migrants as they are not satisfied or cannot stay in a host country.
Counter-urbanisation.
The process of population decentralisation as people move from large urban areas to smaller urban settlements and rural areas.
Country/region of destination
The country or region where migration is completed.
Country/region of origin.
The country or region from which migration begins.
Depopulation.
The absolute decline of the population in an area, frequently caused by out-migration or emigration.
Diaspora.
The dispersal of people from their original homeland.
Emigration.
The permanent movements of people out of a particular country.
Ethnic villages.
To a greater or lesser extent shows clear evidence of the groups residing within their areas in terms of ships, places of worship, schools and other services.
Ethnicity.
The identification of individuals with particular ethnic groups.
Ethnography.
A type of case study that focuses on the cultural patterns that develop within a group.
Family life cycle.
The stages that families with children go through over time as the children grow up, with corresponding changes in housing needs.
Forced migration.
When the individual or household has little or no choice but to move/flee.
Guest worker.
A foreigner who is permitted to work in a country on a temporary basis; for example a Mexican farm labourer working in California on a Green Card.
Immigration.
The ‘permanent’ movement of people into a particular country.
In-migration.
The regional movement of people within a country towards a specific destination.
Internal migration.
People who move away from borders within a country.
Internally displaced person.
Someone who is a refugee, but who remains in the same country.
Inter-urban migration.
Migration between different urban areas.
Intervening obstacles.
The barriers between a host/destination country and a source/origin country preventing migration or making the journey more difficult.
Intra-urban migration.
Migration within a single urban area.
Intra-urban migration.
Migration within a single urban area.
Mass migration.
Migration of a large group of people from one geographical area to another.
Meso-level migration.
Intermediate scale migration.
Micro-level migration.
Small-level migration.
Macro-level migration.
Large-scale migration
Migrant culture.
Attitudes and value of a particular society to the process of migration.
Migration typologies.
Classification of migration into types - distance, duration and causes.
Multiplier effect.
Where an increase in the money supply in a region sets off an upward spiral of development as money circulates in the economy.
Net migration.
A positive or negative balance, calculated by the number of migrants entering an area minus the number of migrants leaving the same area.
Out-migration.
The regional movement within a country away from particular destination.
Periphery.
A region of low or declining economic development characterised by low incomes, high unemployment, selective outmigration and poor infrastructure.
Population structure.
The composition of a population, the most important elements of which are age and sex.
Racial assimilation.
The gradual process of integration into the mainstream community. The process has three main parts - social, economic and political.
Relay migration.
A phenomenon that occurs when at different stages of a family’s life cycle different people take responsibility for migration to improve the family’s financial prospects.
Step-migration.
Occurs when a rural migrant takes steps up the urban hierarchy.
