Activity Space:the space within which daily activity occurs
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.
distance decay function:The diminishing in importance and eventual disappearance of a phenomenon with increasing distance from its origin.
emigration:migration from a location
forced migration:permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors
gravity model:A mathematical formula that describes the level of interaction between two places, based on the size of their populations and their distance from each other.
guest worker:a person with temporary permission to work in another country
immigration:migration to a location
internal migration:permanent movement within the same country
international migration:permanent movement from one country to another
interregional migration:movement from one region of a country to another
intervening obstacle:An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
intraregional:movement within a region
migration selectivity:Only people exhibiting certain characteristics in a population choosing to migrate.
migration stream:A constant flow of migrants from the same origin to the same destination.
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:the quality of moving freely
net migration:the difference between the level of immigration and the level of emigration
pull factors:factors that induce people to leave old residences
push factors:factors that induce people to leave old residences
refugee:people who are forced to migrate from thier home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of thier race, religion, nationality, membership of a social group, of political opinion
suburbanization:The process of population movement from within towns and cities to the rural-urban fringe.
urbanization:an increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements
voluntary migration:permanent movement undertaken by choice
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