GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: New Place, Darfur
20 Apr 2017
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Population dynamics & migration: population migration: the spatial movement of population, from one place to another, recall: p1 +p0 + (b-d) + (i -e) Immigration: movement into country/region: emigration: movement out of a country/region, different spatial contexts: Inter-urban (local: moving within municipality is not really considered at migration. America to north america, etc: many core countries depend on immigration to sustain population. & economic growth: net migration: immigration - emigration (i-e, destination countries: Low natural population growth, high economic & social development: source countries, high natural population growth, low economic & social development. How do we make sense of this migration: two theoretical perspectives, push-pull theory, ravenstein "laws, push-pull factors, push: being in an undesirable place. Economic: a consequence of differences in wages, political/cultural, threat to survival due to political or religious beliefs, environmental, severe weather, desertification, pollution, etc. Intra-regional migration is usually characterized by rural to urban migration: migrants are usually drawn to large cities of economic activity.
