© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. W11/30/11 Ch. 3.4 Why Do Migrants Move Within Countries (pp )

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Interregional Migration A.Interregional Migration in U.S. U.S. settlement patterns always moving west – Why? land & opportunity moving frontier –Appalachian Mountains, Mississippi River, Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Pacific Ocean

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Interregional Migration (cont.) Stages of U.S. interregional migration 1.Colonial settlement –Atlantic seaboard –trade w/ Europe –intervening obstacles – Appalachian Mountains (natural), Indians (people) 2.Early settlement in the interior (early 1800s) –impact of transportation revolution (canals, steamboats) –cheap land in west – homesteaders

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Interregional Migration (cont.) Stages of U.S. interregional migration (cont.) 3.California –Gold Rush in the 1840s & 1850s –bypass Great Plains –economic opportunity –tremendous migration – 100,000’s 4.Great Plains settlement –Homestead Act (1862) – land in west –“fill in” west –role of railroads, telegraph

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Interregional Migration (cont.) Stages of U.S. interregional migration (cont.) 5. Recent growth of the South recent shift – 1980’s-today job opportunities cheaper labor – attracts business mostly new industries (not moved industries) “Sunbelt” – South & Southwest shift in economy to service industry has slowed interregional migration in U.S. recently

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Changing Center of the U.S. Population Figure 3-16

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. U.S. Interregional Migration Which stage of U.S. settlement patterns is this?

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Interregional Migration (cont.) B. Interregional Migration in Other Countries 1. Russia forced migration to natural resources – USSR most moved back; few stayed Komsomol (c&c to CCC in US) 2. Brazil and Indonesia gov’t incentives to move to remote areas Brasilia; non-Java islands Indonesia (c&c to Homestead Act)

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. I. Interregional Migration (cont.) B. Interregional Migration in Other Countries 4. European countries –generally S & E to N & W –esp. post-Soviet Eastern Bloc states –voluntary moves – economic opportunity –sometimes w/in countries as well (Italy, UK) 5. India –restricted migration to Assam (cultural)

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Interregional Migration in Europe Figure 3-20

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. II. Intraregional Migration in the U.S. A. Migration from rural to urban areas –primary reason: economic migration –occurs during stage 2 and stage 3 –75% of MDCs are urban B. Migration from urban to suburban areas –primary reason: suburban lifestyle –more land, less crime, better schools, commuters C. Migration from urban to rural areas –counterurbanization –desire for simpler, quieter life than in suburbs & cities –not as isolated as in past (technology)

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc. Intraregional Migration in the United States Figure 3-21

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