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Movement in Geography - Coggle Diagram
Movement in Geography
Urbanization
Urban
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Urban areas often rapid growth, younger people go to urban areas more than rural areas.
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Suburban
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With the invention of cars as well as other forms of transportation, suburban areas have grown because they are close to cities with jobs.
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Rural
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Brain drain
Definition: the process of intelligent and capable (often younger) people moving to other places because more opportunities are there
Brain drain often increases the population of urban areas and decreases the population of rural areas, which can affect the economy.
Primate city
Definition: a city whose population is double or more of that of the second largest city in the country
Primate cities hold a lot of political, economical, and cultural power, because they are the economical center of a country.
Megacity
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Megacities also have a lot of economical, political, and cultural influence. Primate cities are almost always megacities.
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Infrastructure
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Favela
Definition: a low-income area in Brazil that doesn’t have proper infrastructure and lacks government attention
Because the Brazilian government refuses to help favelas, they have attempted to take things into their own hands and figure out how to survive on their own.
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Infrastructure is a large factor in a society's economy and the society's economic growth, as well as the physical state of the society.
Gentrification
Vancouver
There have been multiple protests against gentrification in certain neighborhoods of Vancouver because it forces many lower-income people out of their homes
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Although gentrification makes property values go up, which can also improve the economy in that area, it also forces many lower-income people out of their neighborhoods.
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Migration
UNHCR
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The UNHCR is helping refugees that may not have access to an asylum and trying to keep the amount of refugees without protection as low as possible.
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Refugee
Syria
Most refugees end up being relocated in Syria, where there are many refugee camps.
Definition: someone who leaves their home country because they are at risk of being punished or killed there
Because refugees are fleeing from persecution, they have rights and they are protected by laws. They are not forced to go back to their home countries, for example.
Immigrant
Undocumented immigrant
Definition: someone who emigrated from one country to another and wasn’t documented to have immigrated and is not legal there
Undocumented immigrants also emigrate from their home country often because of some sort of unrest there. However, because they aren’t legal in the country they immigrate to, they are at risk for getting deported.
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Documented immigrant
Definition: someone who emigrated from one country to another and was documented to have immigrated and be legally allowed to be in the country
Documented immigrants often emigrate from their home countries because of some sort of unrest there. Once they immigrate to a new country, they do not have to worry about being deported because they are legally allowed there.
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Immigrants often choose to leave their home countries, however sometimes they are forced to leave their home countries.
Asylum
Definition: a place that offers protection for refugees that have been forced to flee from their own country
Because of the amount of refugees there are, there are most likely a large amount of asylums in host countries, and there’s most likely not enough.
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Arab Spring
Definition: a series of rebellions against the Arab government in response to oppression and refusal to make the living standard higher.
Because people were rebelling against the Arab government, many were forced to go to other countries because they feared they would be punished by the government, additionally, migrating was a common response to government oppression.
Globalization and Trade
Globalization
Trade
Balance of trade
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The balance of trade of a country can be negative or positive; negative means the country imports more goods than exports and negative means the country exports more goods than imports
Choke point
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Definition: Definition: a narrow strait or canal that can be used to control sea traffic, especially for cargo ships
Whoever is in control of the choke point has a lot of power over trade, so there's a lot of fighting between countries over some choke points.
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Definition: the transfer of goods, services, or capital between two countries
Countries trade to have an overall better economy, however, trading also makes them dependent on other countries.
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Global supply chain
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Examples: clothing stores, food, oil and gas
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Fair trade
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Fair trade gives a chance for those who grow plants that greatly impact the economy to earn a decent amount of money and be able to live on what they earn from growing
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Imports
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If a country imports more goods than it exports goods, the country has a negative balance of trade.
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Exports
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If a country exports more goods than it imports goods, the country has a positive balance of trade.
Services
Definition: services that often help with businesses, which in turn help with a country's economy
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Per capita
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Per capita is often used to calculate the GDP per capita, or the gross domestic product per capita. The GDP is the total value of the goods produced and the services provided in a country in a year.
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Container ship
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Container ships often go through choke points, which is why choke points need to be regulated for sea traffic, because container ships are extremely important to the economy.
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Commodity
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Commodities are extremely important for the economy, because they're needed so manufacturers can make things.
Creative destruction
Definition: the process of destroying industrial products in order to create newer, better ones
Creative destruction is a way for countries to create better products and in turn, to gain more money while exporting them.
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Examples: trade, politics, and culture
