Warm up – 11/19/13  What is migration?  Name 3 reasons why people migrate.  Of the 5 themes of geography, which theme is migration an example of?

Migration!

Characteristics of Migrants  Migration selectivity: People who are likely to migrate have certain characteristics (age, marital status, gender, occupation, education)

Ravenstein’s Laws of migration  A. short  B. big cities  C. rural to urban  D. males  E  F. countries  G. migration  H. increases  I. Agricultural  J. Economic

Are these laws true for today?  Gender?  Young adults vs. children or elderly?  Rural to urban?  Leaving for economic reasons?

Thinking of moving?  Place utility: Assessing individual satisfaction with a given area. Migration is a result of this assessment.

Goals of migrants  Avoid physical danger and economically unprofitable outcomes  Reduce uncertainty  Step migration : moving from one area to another by a series of small steps (small town to suburb to big city)  Chain migration : Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality migrated there.

Geography of Refuges  1. country  2. international  4. 12%  5. Asia  6. admission

Geography of refugees  2. 22%  4. 18, 5  C MILLION

WHAT CAUSES REFUGEE MOVEMENTS  A. Wars  B. Civil Wars  C. Political Oppression  D. Environmental crisis  E. Other

Characteristics of refugees  1. properties  2. foot, wagon  3. documents

Causes of dislocation  Colonialism  Corrupt and weak government  Tribal and ethnic rivalries  Lack of nationalism  Easy access to weapons  War