Population movement Flashcards
What is the difference between international and internal migration?
International migration is when people from 1 country to another. Internal migration is movement of people within a country
What is the difference between forced and voluntary migration?
Forced migration when people are forced to leave
Examples: wars, natural disasters, food shortage, bad treatment of races or religion.
Voluntary migration is when people choose to leave the country for things like better jobs, to be with loved ones, better climates
What is the difference between temporary and permanent movement?
Temporary movements is when people stay somewhere for a short period. Permeant movement is when people move with no plans of coming back
What is the brain drain?
It is the emigration of highly trained people from a country.
What is rural-urban migration?
The migration from rural areas to urban areas
What is rural depopulation?
The decreasing number of people living in rural areas because of rural-urban migration
What is urbanization?
The development of urban areas which causes more people to move there
What is a megacity
Cities that have a population of more than 10 million people (New York/Tokyo)
What are push factors? Give 5
They are unpleasant conditions that force people to leave. For example: unemployment because of mechanization, low wages for farmers coupled with rising farming costs, droughts and consolidation of small farms
What are pull factors? Give 3
Favourable factors that attract people to cities. For example: better services, better social and cultural activities, better entertainment and recreation
What are some consequences of rural-urban migration on rural areas?
Fewer workers on farms, businesses are forced to close, young people leave meaning old people are left to tend to farms and fewer children are born, eventually farms are abandoned
What are some consequences of rural-urban migration on urban areas?
Cities become overpopulated which means unhygienic conditions and too few houses. It makes it difficult to provide services. It also means too few jobs which creates an increase in crime
What are some consequences of rural-urban migration on urban areas?
Cities become overpopulated which means unhygienic conditions and too few houses. It makes it difficult to provide services. It also means too few jobs which an creates an increase in crime
5 reasons why people move
Social (to get better living conditions)
Political (people are unhappy/afraid of the government)
Economic (Better jobs)
Religion (move somewhere they can follow a religion)
Physical (Natural dangers , infertile soil or harsh climate cause people to leave)
What are some ways to get more people to move to rural areas?
- Move industries into the rural areas
- Develop better infrastructure, improve living conditions and services
- Develop strategies to assist farmers like an irrigation system
- Promote tourism
- Attract artists or retired people with things like reduced living costs, relaxed pace of life and strong communities
- Run festivals and special events like auctions/raffles or pop-up shops
