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11298291085center of populationaverage location of a person in a country You want the population to be centered because it suggests that services are available to all people in a country0
11298291086Interregional migrationPermanent movement from one region of the country to another ex: from rural areas to urban areas1
11298291087Intraregional migrationPermanent movement within one region of the country. ex: from rural areas to urban areas2
11298291088Forced MigrationPermanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors.3
11298291089Voluntary migrationPermanent movement undertaken by choice.4
11298291090International migrationPermanent movement from one country to another.5
11298291091Wilbur ZelinskyIdentified a migration transition6
11298291092emigrationMigration from a location7
11298291093Push FactorsFactors that induce people to leave old residences. ex: a natural disaster (too much water too little water), A refugee being forced to move because of armed conflict (war), being forced to migrate because of political reasons8
11298291094Pull factorsFactors that induce people to move to a new location. ex: asylum seekers: someone who migrated in hopes of being recognized as a refugee immigrants moving to the mountains, Seaside, warm climate people moving from their homes because of weather9
11298291095asylum seekerSomeone who has migrated to another country in the hope of being recognized as a refugee10
11298291096Brain drainLarge-scale emigration by talented people. ex: taking someone extremely talented/smart from another country and bringing them to yours with better offers.11
11298291097illegal aliens/undocumented residentsa foreign national who is living without authorization in a country of which they are not a citizen12
11298291098SuburbanizationThe process of population movement from within towns and cities to the rural-urban fringe.13
11298291099Guest workersWorkers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern of Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs. They were only supposed to be there temporarily but ended up staying This no longer exists14
11298291100RefugeesPeople who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.15
11298291101Net migrationThe difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration.16
11298291102Gravity modelA model that holds that the potential use of a service at a particular location is directly related to the number of people in a location and inversely related to the distance people must travel to reach the service.17
11298291103Distance decay function18
11298291104counterurbanization19

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