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chapter 2 from rubenstein

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Brain drain   Large-scale emigration by talented people  
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Chain migration   Migration of people to a specific location becasue relatives or members of the same mationality previously migrated there.  
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Circulation   Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.  
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Counterurbanization   Net migration from urban to rural areas in MDCs  
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Emigration   Migration FROM a Location  
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Floodplain   The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends  
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Forced migration   Pernament movement compelled usuallly by cultural factors.  
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Guest workers   workers who migrate to MDC in search of higher-paying jobs.  
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Immigration   migration TO a new location  
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Internal migration   Pernament movement within a particular country.  
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International migration   Pernament movemnet from one country to another.  
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Interregional migration   Permanent movement from one region of a country to another.  
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Intervening obstacle   An environmental or cultral feature of the landscape that hinders migraton.  
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INTRAregional migration   Permanent movement within one region of a country.  
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Migration   From of relocation diffusion involving pernament move to a new location  
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Migration Transition   Change in the migration pattern in a society that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demographic transition.  
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Mobility   All types of movement from one location to another.  
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Net migration   the difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration  
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Pull factors   Factors that induce people to move to a new location.  
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Push factors   Factors that induce people to leave old residences.  
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Quota   In reference to migration, a law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.  
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Refugees   People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution.  
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Undocumented immigrants   People who enter a country without proper documents  
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Voluntary migration   Permanent movement undertaken by choice.  
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