2. CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
Migration
Chp. 3

3. Essential Question: Why do people migrate?
What are the two factors that cause people to migrate? Compare and contrast.

4. Migration Overview Migration Terms World Migration Distribution
Factors Influencing Migration
International Migration
National Migration
Migration in California
Migration Essays

5. Migration Terms
Migration: relocation of individuals - involving permanent (mostly) move to a new location.
Mobility: The ability to move from one location to another.

6. Top 10 Countries of Origin for US Legal Immigrants, 1998

7. Illegal Aliens in the United States by Country of Origin, 1996 (in 1,000s)

8. Migration Terms Immigration: Migration into a new country
Emigration: Migration from a location.
Net Migration: The difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants.

9. Types of Migration
International Migration: Permanent movement from one country to another.
National or Internal Migration: movement within a country
How does migration affect globalization?

10. 8 9 1 5 10 2 6 4 7 3 Russia 19,668 Ukraine 21,079 Mexico 163,572 China
41,728 10
Philippines
55,876
Jamaica 19,089 2 6
Dominican
Republic 39,604 4
Cuba 26,466
Vietnam
42,076 7 3
India 44,849

16. Ravenstein’s “Laws” of Migration
Can be organized into three groups
Reasons why migrants move
Distance typically moved
Characteristics of the move

17. Ravenstein's Laws of Migration
Most migrants move only a short distance.
There is a process of absorption, whereby people immediately surrounding a rapidly growing town move into it and the gaps they leave are filled by migrants from more distant areas, and so on until the attractive force [pull factors] is spent.
There is a process of dispersion, which is the inverse of absorption.
Each migration flow produces a compensating counter-flow.
Long-distance migrants go to one of the great centers of commerce and industry.
Natives of towns are less migratory than those from rural areas.
Females are more migratory than males.
Economic factors are the main cause of migration

21. Factors Influencing Migration
Push Factors
Poor Economic conditions (or opportunities) at origin
Political instability, discrimination at origin
Pull Factors
Good economic conditions (or opportunities) at destination
Family reunification
Ease of Moving
Ease of moving
Absence of immigration restrictions
Assistance in relocating
Relatives/friends in place of destination
Knowledge of destination and similarity to origin