Frage | Antworten |
Brain Drain | Large-scale emigration by talented people |
Chain Migration | Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
Circulation | Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis |
Counterurbanization | Net migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries |
Emigration | Migration from a location |
Floodplain | The area subject to flooding during a given number of years according to historical trends |
Forced Migration | Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors |
Guest Workers | Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs |
Immigration | Migration to a new location |
Internal Migration | Permanent movement within a particular country |
International Migration | Permanent movement from one country to another |
Interregional Migration | Permanent movement from one region of a country to another |
Intervening Obstacle | An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration |
Intraregional Migration | Permanent movement within one region of a country |
Migration | Form of relocation diffusion involving a permanent move to a new location |
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 |
Mobility | All types of movement from one location to another |
Net Migration | The difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration |
Pull Factor | Factor that induces people to move to a new location |
Push Factor | Factor that induces people to leave old residences |
Quotas | In reference to migration, laws that place maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year |
Refugees | People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion |
Unauthorized Immigrants | People who enter a country without proper documents |
Voluntary Migration | Permanent movement undertaken by choice |
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