when one family member migrates to a new country and the rest of the family follows shortly after
Transhumance
Seasonal migration of live stock between mountains and lowland pasture areas.
Cyclic movement
trends in migration and other processes that have a clear cycle
Distance Decay
When contact between two groups diminishes because of the distance between them.
Refugee
People forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in social group, or political opinion.
Forced Migration
People removed from their countries and forced to live in other countries because of war, natural disaster, and government. (
Push Pull Factors
Factors which make a person move to a country and factors that make people leave a country.
Gravity Model
Predicts that the optimal location of a service is directly related to the number of people in the area and inversely related to the distance people must travel to access it.
Rural and Urban Migration Patterns
permanent movement from suburbs and rural area to urban city area
Internal Migration
Permanent movement within a particular country.
Interregional Migration Patterns:
Permanent movement from one region of the country to another.
Intervening Opportunity
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that helps migration.
Intercontinental Migration Patterns:
Permanent movement from one country to a different country on the same continent.
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