Short C.S - Voluntary Migration Flashcards
Brain drain scale
International
Brain drain direction
Between MEDCs
UK and Germany –> USA
Brain drain who
Doctors, teachers and scientists
Cause of brain drain
Economic
Farming scale
International
Farming direction
LEDC to MEDC
Mexico –> California, USA
Farming who
Farm labourers
Farming cause
Economic
Aid workers scale
International
Aid workers direction
MEDC to LEDC
Eu countries –> Ethiopia
Aid workers cause
Social
Brazil scale
Internal (regional)
Brazil direction
Rural to Urban
North East –> South East Brazil
Brazil cause
Economic
Brazil 5 push factors
- Low and unreliable rain
- Droughts and crop failure
- Poverty, starvation and malnutrition
- Infertile land - salty
- High IMR and low standard of living
Brazil 4 pull factors
- Better paid jobs in factories
- Better housing
- Access to education and healthcare
- More reliable food source
2 impacts of source Brazil
Pop decrease = less pressure on food and wood
Smaller labour force as working aged males migrated
6 impacts on destination Brazil
- Cheap labour
- Favelas grew
- Pressure on education and healthcare
- Disease = low living standards
- Overpopulation, congestion and pollution
- Job shortage
4 examples of voluntary migration
- Brain drain
- Farming in California
- Aid workers
- Brazil