1. Where Do People Migrate Within a Country?
Chapter Key Issue 2
Where Do People Migrate Within a Country?

2. Big Question
Describe the interregional patterns that the world’s 5 largest countries have seen over the last 200 years.
Describe the difference between urbanization, suburbanization, and counterurbanization and discuss the historic and current trends of these different types of intraregional migration.

3. Key Terms Interregional Migration Center of Population Gravity
Intraregional Migration
Urbanization
Suburbanization
Counterurbanization

4. Interregional Migration in the United States
Interregional and Intraregional are both types of internal migration where people are moving within a country
Interregional Migration – Movement from one region of a country to another
Historically, the most common kind of interregional migration was people searching for better farmland in another region
Today, the most common kind is rural to urban, looking for jobs

5. Interregional Migration in the United States
U.S. history has seen a number of large interregional migrations
This has caused the center of population gravity to shift west and south over the past 200 years
1790: Nearly all Americans lived on the East Coast, blocked by the Appalachian Mountains and Native Americans
: Canals and national roads allowed Americans to move passed the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River to obtain cheap land

6. Interregional Migration in the United States
: Americans skipped over the flat center of the country known as the “Great American Desert” to head toward California and the West Coast, looking for gold
: The western frontier was “closed” and immigration boomed. Immigrants filled in the middle of the country (Great Plains). Technology such as barbed wire, steel plow, and the railroads made farming in the plains possible

7. Interregional Migration in the United States
1950 – 2010: Americans began moving southward and westward, looking for warmer climates and jobs.
Interregional migration has slowed considerably in the 21st century due to similar economic growth in all regions and the Great Recession of

8. Interregional Migration in Other Large Countries
The U.S. has seen a lot of interregional migration in its history
Other large countries such as Russia, Canada, China, and Brazil also see a significant amount of interregional migration which has been used to develop areas with low populations

9. Interregional Migration in Other Large Countries
Canada – Mostly from east to west over past 200 years, Ontario has had the largest out-migration to western provinces such as Alberta and British Columbia

10. Interregional Migration in Other Large Countries
Russia – Historically, Russia’s population has been in the western (European) side. Over the past 100 years, the Russian gov. has encouraged (forced) Russians to move east to develop and populate the sparsely populated/raw material rich Asian part. Recently the migration has reversed back to the west where the jobs are

11. Interregional Migration in Other Large Countries
China – Developing countries like China see their interregional migration in the form of rural (central China) to urban (eastern China) movement, where jobs are. The gov of China tried to stop this due to overpopulation in the East
Brazil – Traditionally had most of its pop. on the Atlantic coast (capital city was Rio de Janeiro). 1960, Brazil moved its capital to a brand new city called Brasilia and since then the coast has had net out-migration to the center of the country

12. Intraregional Migration
Intraregional Migration – Movement within one region of a country and is much more common than interregional
Most intraregional is from rural areas to urban (urbanization) and urban to suburban (suburbanization) and the rarer form is urban to rural (counterurbanization)

13. Intraregional Migration
Urbanization – Movement from rural areas to urban ones, mostly looking for employment. Began in the 1800s in Europe and the U.S. with the Industrial Revolution and has continued (U.S. – 1800 = 5% urban and = 81% urban). Recently, urbanization has doubled or tripled the percentage of people living in cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

14. Intraregional Migration
Suburbanization – Mostly in developed countries. Populations of cities are declining as people head to surrounding suburbs. Canada, Europe and U.S. have similar rates of suburbanization. People move to suburbs not for work but for suburban lifestyle and commute to urban jobs

15. Intraregional Migration
Counterurbanization – Developed countries are seeing a new trend of more people immigrating to rural areas than are emigrating from them. People do this for lifestyle reasons and “escaping the city”. Some work on farms but not many. Most typically seen in rural areas of Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. Technology has made these people not so isolated as in the past

16. Intraregional Migration
Intraregional migration has slowed considerably in the past 10 years. The number of people moving from cities to suburbs has decreased but the number of people moving from suburbs to cities has increased, especially for young people

17. Big Question & Key Terms
Describe the interregional patterns that the world’s 5 largest countries have seen over the last 200 years.
Describe the difference between urbanization, suburbanization, and counterurbanization and discuss the historic and current trends of these different types of intraregional migration.
Interregional Migration
Center of Population Gravity
Intraregional Migration
Urbanization
Suburbanization
Counterurbanization