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Chapter 3 Migration

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Chain migration   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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