Ravenstein's 11 Laws Word Scramble
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| Ravenstein's 1st Law of Migration | the majority of migrants go only a short distance. called friction of distance (space-time compression lessens this) |
| Ravenstein's 2nd Law of Migration | migration proceeds step by step. there is a process of absorption whereby people immediately surrounding a rapidly growing town move into it & the gaps they leave are filled by migrants from more distant areas, & so on until the attraction force is spent |
| Ravenstein's 3rd Law of Migration | migrants going long distances generally go by preference to one of the great centers of commerce or industry |
| Ravenstein's 4th Law of Migration | each current of migration stream produces a compensating counter-stream |
| Ravenstein's 5th Law of Migration | natives of towns are less migratory than those of rural areas |
| Ravenstein's 6th Law of Migration | females are more migratory then males within the area of their birth, but males more frequently venture beyond |
| Ravenstein's 7th Law of Migration | most migrants are young adults; families rarely migrate out of their country of birth |
| Ravenstein's 8th Law of Migration | large towns grow more by migration than by nature increase |
| Ravenstein's 9th Law of Migration | migration increases in volume as industries and commerce develop and transport improves |
| Ravenstein's 10th Law of Migration | the major direction of migration is from the agricultural areas to the centers of industry and commerce |
| Ravenstein's 11th Law of Migration | the major causes of migration are economics |
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