1. Why Do People Migrate Within a Country?
Ch. 3 Key Issue 4
Why Do People Migrate Within a Country?

2. Internal Migration
Inter(between)regional
Intra(within)regional

3. National Migration in US
U.S. settlement patterns
Colonial settlement
Early settlement in the interior (early 1800s)
California
Gold Rush in the 1840s
Great Plains settlement
Recent growth of the South
All these factors move our “center of population”

4. US Settlement Patterns
Colonial Settlement
Appalachian Mountains was intervening obstacle to westward migration from Atlantic Coast
Interior Settlement (early 1800s)
Transportation opened up the interior (Erie Canal)
Cheap land pulled settlers to forests between Appalachians and Miss. River; used wood to build

6. US Settlement Patterns
California Settlement
Gold Rush pulled people to Cali, past the Great Plains in Midwest
Great plains environment pushed settlers out- dry, no trees
Settlement of Great Plains
Tech advances, RRs: farmers used RR to ship goods to East coast

7. US Settlement Patterns
Recent Growth of South
Job opportunities in South
To the “sunbelt” from the “rustbelt”
Civil Rights laws attracted Blacks back to South

9. Migration between regions of other countries
INTERregional migration in other countries
Government incentives: Brazil (moving capital city = forward capital) and Indonesia (paid migration)
Economic migration within European countries
East to West (poor to wealthy)
Restricted migration in India (preserving Assam region)
Russification of Russia

10. FIGURE 3-19

12. Migrating between regions of other countries
Maquilladoras in Northern Mexico
US factories in Mexico to take advantage of cheap labor and lax environmental regulations
Labor shortage in Northern Mexico due to Mexicans entering US (legally and illegally)

14. Examples of companies with Maquilladoras
Delphi, which split off from General Motors and remains a major auto supplier, has 66,000 workers and 51 maquiladora factories
Lear corporation 34,000 workers and 8 factories
General Electric 20,700 workers and 30 factories
Whirlpool 7,500 workers and 5 factories
Emerson Electric 5,678 workers and 7 factories
Motorola 5,290 workers and 2 factories
Honeywell 4,900 workers and 3 factories
Bose 2,900 workers and 2 factories
Mattell 2,578 workers and 1 factory

15. Interregional Migration in US. Which region was growing in 1995?
Current trend: Slowing migration, mostly into the South
FIGURE 3-18

16. Intra(within)regional migration
Intraregional is more common than interregional. 3 types of Intraregional migration
Urbanization
Suburbanization
Counterurbanization
Migration from rural to urban areas (urbanization)
Mostly in LDCs; MDCs already went through this process during the Indust. Rev.
Economic migration- going to live where their job is (in the city)

17. Intra(within)regional migration
Migration from urban to suburban areas (suburbanization)
Mostly in MDCs
Want a suburban lifestyle (own house, yard, safer)
Migration from urban to rural areas (Counterurbanization)
Want a more relaxing lifestyle thought to be in the “country”, escape city life

18. Intraregional Migration in the United States

19. FIGURE 3-22
Counterurbanization

20. Conclusion
As the worlds population continues to grow (lots of LDCs in stage 2, high growth), the number of migrants will expand as well (because stage 2 experiences OUT-migration/international migration! Review migration transition)
The more migrants that are moving around, the more different cultures will mix and raise concerns about race, ethnicity, language and religion (all are the next coming chapters!)