Chapter 3: Migration
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79587719 | Brain Drain | Large-scale emigration by talented people. | |
79587720 | Chain Migration | Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. | |
79587721 | Circulation | Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. | |
79587722 | Counterurbanization | Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. | |
79587723 | Emigration | Migration from a location. | |
79587724 | Floodplain | The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends. | |
79587725 | Forced Migration | Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors. | |
79587726 | 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. | |
79587727 | Immigration | Migration to a new location. | |
79587728 | Internal Migration | Permanent movement within a particular country. | |
79587729 | International Migration | Permanent movement from one country to another. | |
79587730 | Interregional Migration | Permanent movement from one region of a country to another. | |
79587731 | Intervening Obstacle | An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration. | |
79587732 | Intraregional Migration | Permanent movement within one region of a country. | |
79587733 | Migration | Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location. | |
79587734 | 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. | |
79587735 | Mobility | All types of movement from one location to another. | |
79587736 | Net Migration | The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration. | |
79587737 | Pull Factor | Factor the induces people to move to a new location | |
79587738 | Push Factor | Factors that induce people to leave old residences. | |
79587739 | Quotas | In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year. | |
79587740 | 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. | |
79587741 | Undocumented Immigrants | People who enter a country without proper documents. | |
79587742 | Voluntary Migration | Permanent movement undertaken by choice. |