Migration

Movin’ right along…

Distance of Migration

• Migration: A permanent move to a new location

• Emigration: Migration FROM a location

• Immigration: Migration TO a location

• Mobility: Moving (a general term)– Circulation: Short-term

mobility, such as weekday commutes, college students, etc.

Distance of Migration

• International Migration: Moving from one country to another

• Internal Migration: Moving within a country– Interregional Migration: Moving from one region

to another– Intraregional Migration: Moving within a region

Distance of Migration

• Forced Migration– Usually cultural

• Voluntary Migration– Usually economic

Hello, my name is WILBUR ZELINSKY. I have an idea. Migration Transition goes

right along with the Demographic Transition! The social and economic

changes that happen in the demographic transition affect the migration patterns! (I

think you should remember my name, cause you will sound extra smart in a CRQ

if you mention it…)

Stage 1

• What is stage 1 of the D.T. like? CBR and CDR…• Daily or seasonal mobility for food

Stage 2

• What are the NIR, CBR and CDR like?• What causes the leap to stage 2?• These same things cause interregional and

international migration

Stages 3 and 4

• What are the CBR and NIR like?

• Intraregional migration dominates – people moving to the suburbs

• This is where people go who live in stage 2 countries

Characteristics of Migrants: Gender

• Males have traditionally been more likely to migrate permanently– Why?

• The pattern reversed in the 1990s in the U.S.– Why?

• Example of Mexican immigrants

Characteristics of Migrants: Families

• Usually middle-aged people

• Old people aren’t too likely to migrate

• More children are migrating now…– Why?