1. World History/ Geography Monday November 16, 2015
Warm Up:
Why do you think people permanently move from one location to another?
Write down as many reasons as you can. Do not share with your neighbors. Who ever has the most original ideas wins!!!!
Today’s Objective: Explain how political, economic, social and environmental push and pull factors and physical geography affect the routes and flows of human migration

2. Why do people move?

3. What makes people leave a place?
political reasons
economic reasons
social reasons
environmental reasons
PUSH FACTORS

4. What makes people move to place?
Which is a
political reasons
economic reasons
social reasons
environmental reasons
PULL FACTORS

5. Push and Pull Factors Push Factors Pull Factors
Negative conditions at home
Real conditions
Perceived conditions
Push the decision to migrate
Pull Factors
Positive attributes in destination
Real opportunities
Perceived opportunities
Pull the immigrant to move

6. Pull Factors Push Factors Job opportunities Better living conditions
Not enough jobs
Few opportunities
"Primitive" conditions
Political fear
Not being able to practice religion
Poor medical care
Loss of wealth
Natural disasters
Death threats
Slavery
Pollution
Poor housing
Landlords
Poor chances of finding courtship
War conditions in area
Pull Factors
Job opportunities
Better living conditions
Political and/or religious freedom
Enjoyment
Education
Better medical care
Security
Family links
Better chances of finding courtship
Get rich easily

7. Economic Push and Pull Factors
Most common reason for migrating
Move to places that seem to have opportunity and out of places that have very little
US and Canada historically have had many immigrants come for opportunity
Relative attractiveness of a region can shift with economic change
Because of economic restructuring, job prospects often vary from one country to another and within regions of the same country.
Examples: Jobs, standard of living, poverty, technology, agriculture

8. Social Push and Pull Factors
More often migration caused by social factors is a push, such as active religious persecution
Social Push factors of migration include lack of education, medical facilities, high crime rate - moving somewhere for a better quality of life or to be closer to family or friends
Social factors can be a pull as well, such as superior medical care or education
Refugees- people who have been forced to migrate from their homes and cannot return for fear of prosecution due to their race, religion, nationality, or political opinion
Examples: Education, Language, religion, Women’s rights, ethnic persecution, class struggles, newspapers, population concerns

9. Political Push and Pull Factors
Forced international migration has historically occurred for two main cultural reasons: slavery and political instability.
the existence of tolerant government policies with regards to religion, race, political views and so on may make certain countries more attractive to potential migrants
Political conditions can also operate as pull factors, especially the lure of freedom.
People are attracted to democratic countries that encourage individual choice in education, career, and place of residence.
Examples: Government policies, civil rights, wars

10. Environmental Push and Pull Factors
Pushed out of hazardous regions– pulled into attractive ones
Attractive areas would include: mountains, beach, and warm climates
Too little or too much water is a major push factor
Drought and floodplains
An area subject to flooding during a specific number of years
Natural Disasters
Examples: Climate, vegetation, natural catastrophes, tectonics

11. Immigration
Emigration- migration from a location
Immigration- migration to a location
Immigration is the migration of people into a country from their home country while Emigration is the migration of people out of a country to another country.
Elis Island, NY Angel Island, San Francisco CA

12. Urbanization
Urbanization refers to the proportion of people in living in cities.
It also refers to the process in which rural populations move to urban areas.
Urbanization refers to all of the cities in a country, considered as an urban system.
The urban system is the network of individual cities within a region or country.
Sources of Urbanization:
The urban system of a country grows mainly by:
Natural population increase (births – deaths)
Migration from rural areas (especially in countries with large rural populations)
Immigration from other countries (especially in Europe and North America)
Reclassification of urban boundaries to encompass formerly rural areas

13. Urban Growth is Speeding Up
Time required to reach 2 million population:
Rome, Italy years
Vienna, Austria 400 years
Vancouver, B.C years
Shenzhen, China years

14. Population Distribution
Population distribution refers to where people live around the world. For instance, in the United States most people live on the coasts or near major waterways. Population is not evenly distributed around the earth’s surface.
The factors that influence population distribution are:
natural resources
Climate
economic development
government policy
rural/urban settlement
capital resources
conflicts. .

15. Population Growth The factors that influence population growth are:
Modern medicine and hygiene
Education
Industrialization and urbanization
Economic development
Government policy
Role of women in society

16. Population Density
The number of people living in a given area

17. Population Distribution
Populations