GEOG 1700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Northern Canada, Snowbelt, Cultural Geography
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Geog 1700 - lecture 8 - part 3. Canada and the u. s: environmental regions, population regions, cultural regions, political regions, economic and social regions, population regions (continued) Migration (cid:271)oth i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t i(cid:374) the gro(cid:449)th of regional populations across canada and the u. s. Saw a (cid:862)s(cid:374)ow(cid:271)elt(cid:863) to (cid:862)su(cid:374)(cid:271)elt(cid:863) (cid:373)igratio(cid:374) of the u. s. population ((cid:858)bea(cid:272)h. In the 1990s, the mountain west became a major destination for internal migrants. Another type of internal migration in the u. s. has been from central city to suburb and beyond in a process called sprawl. Free and forced, it has always played an important role in both canada and the u. s. Recent immigration has led to increasing hispanic and asian populations in particular states. Immigrant groups vary in educational levels and associated family income. The u. s. has always attracted a lot of intelligent people from other countries. Beneficial flow for both origin (remittances > brain drain) and destination.
