1. Ravenstein’s “Laws” of Migration

2. Who is Ravenstein? German geographer/cartographer
Created the theory of human migration

3. Migration Factors that stimulate migrations: -Conflict -Economic
-Political
-Environment
-Cultural
-Technological advances

4. Types of Migrations Forced Migration Voluntary Migration
-Political unrest
-ex: Atlantic Slave Trade
Voluntary Migration
-push and pull factors

5. Obstacles Financial Difficulty Immigration Issues
Transportation Issues
Wars

6. First Law
Most migrants move only a short distance (Distance Decay model)

7. Second Law Migration flow generates a counter-migration
-Rural migrants move into cities, urban residents move to suburbs

8. Third Law Migrants who move longer distances go to big urban areas
-Gravity Model

9. Fourth Law
Urban residents migrate less than rural areas

10. Fifth Law
Families move internationally less than young adults