Ch 3: Migration
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38661307 | Brain Drain | Large-scale emigration by talented people. | |
38661308 | Chain Migration | Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. | |
38661309 | Circulation | Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. | |
38661310 | Counterurbanization | Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. | |
38661311 | Emigration | Migration from a location. | |
38661312 | Floodplain | The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends. | |
38661313 | Forced Migration | Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors. | |
38661314 | Guest Workers | Workers 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. | |
38661315 | Immigration | Migration to a new location. | |
38661316 | Internal Migration | Permanent movement within a particular country. | |
38661317 | International Migration | Permanent movement from one country to another. | |
38661318 | Interregional Migration | Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. | |
38661319 | Intervening Obstacle | An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. | |
38661320 | Intraregional Migration | Permanent movement within one region of a country. | |
38661321 | Migration | Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location. | |
38661322 | Migration Transition | Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition. | |
38661323 | Mobility | All types of movement from one location to another. | |
38661324 | Net Migration | The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration. | |
38661325 | Pull Factor | Factor the induces people to move to a new location | |
38661326 | Push Factor | Factors that induce people to leave old residences. | |
38661327 | Quotas | In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year. | |
38661328 | Refugees | People 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. | |
38661329 | Undocumented Immigrants | People who enter a country without proper documents. | |
38661330 | Voluntary Migration | Permanent movement undertaken by choice. |