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Movement in Georgraphy - Coggle Diagram
Movement in Georgraphy
Migration
Asylum - Is granted by a country to people who are needing protection from danger in their home country. This is similar to a migrant however these individuals are most likely forced to leave.
Brain Drain - Educated/Ambitious people move to a city. Brain drain brings new ideas and backgrounds to places around the world. These people are migrating around the world bringing new ideas to different places.
Refugee - A person who flees his or her country in order to escape persecution or conflicts(war) due to their race, religion, nationality, political views, or association in certain social groups. These groups of people are being forced to migrate out of their home country into a foreign country.
Documented Immigrant - An immigrant in which it takes legal means to immigrate from one country to another. This is the proper process in which Immigration takes place.
Migration - An international organization which is responsible for protecting refugees around the world. This organization ensures that the refugee will be treated fairly in the host country.
Immigrant - A person who comes to permanently live in a different country than theirs of birth. This is usually occurs for family reasons, job opportunities, or violence in their home country.
Undocumented Immigrant - An immigrant who illegally crosses the border into a country without proper documentation. This is a dangerous process that can get them deported.
Rural to urban migration – push factors
- Lack of economic opportunity/no jobs.
- Lack of health care.
- Lack of education opportunities.
Rural to urban migration- pull factors
- More economic opportunity/jobs
- Family ties
Syria - In 2013 the Syrian civil war occurred forcing many Syrians to become refugees. Many fled across the border into Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan.
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Urbanization
Megacity - A city with a population of more than 10 million people. With a higher population, comes a need for more infrastructure in order to accommodate the growing population.
Primate City - A city whose population is at least double the population of the second biggest city in the same country. This produces a need for more infrastructure which allows for the city to continue to grow.
Infrastructure - The standard physical and organizational structure of a society. Infrastructure allows for a larger population or easy access to different locations in a city.
Suburban - A residential area outside of a city. Recently, these areas have been continually growing and adapting to the new cultures and people.
Urban - An area of high population density such as a city or town like Denver. Nowadays, 55% of the worlds population are living in urban areas.
Rural - An area with farmland or in the countryside or outside of the main cities. Rural areas often produce meat such as beef or chicken which is sent to different places around a country to provide for the people.
Gentrification - The process of revitalizing a downtown area or district in order to conform to middle class tastes. This will oftentimes push out former residents, however it helps bring money into the neighborhoods.
Favela - A low-income slum neighborhood/town in Brazil that has experienced drugs, shootings, gangs, and more.
Favela’s can be dangerous and uncivilized. Recently some of these towns have been receiving governmental support in order to revitalize these dangerous neighborhoods.
Per Capita - The mean income of all men, women, and children in a certain area even those of group living. This shows the Gross Domestic Product of a population.
Carrying Capacity - The number of people an environment can support. As the carrying capacity increases, the need for more infrastructure increases, allowing for the city to grow.
Vancouver - Recently went through a gentrification process in order to revitalize the downtown area. This process progressed the city and added sky scrapers and modern buildings to the waterfront.
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Globalization and Trade
Mexico - A major trade partner with the U.S. and we export the 2nd most overall to Mexico. This creates international influence with Mexico which is very import because we share borders.
China - The largest trade partner with the U.S. and the country in which we import the majority of our goods from. This allows the U.S. to establish a strong international connection with China.
Import - A good or service bought or traded by a country from another country in which produced it. The country that buys these items is called the importer.
Exports - A good or service produced by one country in order to be sold or traded to another country. The country in which sells these such commodities is called the exporter.
Goods - Merchandise or Possessions in which can be bought or traded in a local and or global market.
Services - An action preformed by a person in the from of work in order to help a buyer. Taxi drivers are a global service provider in which are paid to drive people from one location to another.
Globalization - A process of interaction and or integration between people, companies, and governments worldwide in order to spread ideas, cultures, and other goods and services.
Global Supply Chain - The process/interconnection of products being made globally to form a single product. This allows for multiple different countries around the world to take part in the creation of a single item.
Comparative advantage - Countries specialize in selling things they have a comparative advantage in. This allows for countries to make a large amount of profit in a field that other countries won't be able to compete with.
Specialization - Countries specialize in something they are good at. The Ivory coast produces a large amount of the worlds cocoa beans because they are in the proper environment to harvest them in large quantities.
Capital Investment - The process of allocating money in the expectation of some benefit in the near and or distant future. When an American company builds a factory in another country.
Scarcity - A lack of things or items in which can be bought or traded in global and or local markets.
Balance of Trade - The amount of money made by a country in which is calculated by subtracting the money spent on imports by the money received on exports.
Canada - Largest trade partner with the United States for out exports. This brings in much of the United States' export business and forms strong ties between the US and Canada.
Container Ship - A major sea vessel designed to carry large cargo across the worlds oceans. This is one of the main processes used to trade with countries around the world.
Choke Point - A narrow passage that boats have to travel through, along their shipping routes. These often have multiple cargo ships passing through them at the same time on their way to the drop off destination.
Commodity - A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be either bought or sold. These are products that are processed in a different country than they are harvested.
Arab Spring - A series of anti governmental protests, uprisings, and armed rebellions in which spread throughout the Arab world in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living.
Creative Destruction - Is a theory of economic innovation and the business cycle. This represents the idea of old products eventually being replaced by newer more advanced products. These advanced products spread around the world and often times become the new norm.
Fair Trade - Trade between developed and developing countries, to fairly give a proper and fair payment is given to the producers in the developing countries. This encourages trade between these different types of countries.
Trade - The action of buying and selling goods and services. Trade allows for a connection between people, companies and governments.
Losers from Globalization - Are traditionally countries with low wages and working conditions that don't gain as much from globalization.
Winners from Globalization - Are wealthier countries such as those in the E.U, North America, and East Asia that benefit the most from globalization.
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