Chapter 3 migration
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226728795 | brain drain | large-scale emigration by talented people. | |
226728796 | chain migration | migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there. | |
226728797 | circulation | short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis. | |
226728798 | counterurbanization | net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries. | |
226728799 | emigration | migration from a location | |
226728800 | floodplain | the area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends. | |
226728801 | forced migration | permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors. | |
226728802 | guest workers | workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs. | |
226728803 | immigration | migration to a new location | |
226728804 | internal migration | permanent movement within a particular country. | |
226728805 | international migration | permanent movement from one country to another. | |
226728806 | interregional migration | permanent movement from one region of a country to another. | |
226728807 | intervening obstacle | an environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration | |
226728808 | intraregional migration | permanent movement within one region of a country. | |
226728809 | Migration | form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location. | |
226728810 | 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. | |
226728811 | Mobility | all types of movement from one location to another. | |
226728812 | net migration | the difference between the level of migration and the level of emigration. | |
226728813 | pull factor | factor that induces people to move to a new location | |
226728814 | push factor | factor that induces people to leave old residences. | |
226728815 | quotas | in reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year. | |
226728816 | 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 opinions. | |
226728817 | unauthorized immigrants | people who enter a country without proper documents | |
226728818 | voluntary migration | permanent movement undertaken by choice. |