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Chapter 7: Geographic and Social psychological components (Migration…
Chapter 7: Geographic and Social psychological components
Migration
Among all of these various movements, demographers are especially interested in certain types
In migraion
the movement of people into the territory occupied by a specific population or subpopulation for the purpose of residential relocation
Out migration
the movement of people out of territory occupied by a specific population or subpopulation for the purpose of residential relocation
identified myriad reasons for these moves, individual and group, permanent and temporary, single step and chain
the most important ways of grouping these reasons is into the categories
voluntary migration
involuntary migration
Net migration
is the difference between the number of in migrants and the number of out migrants experienced by a population during a given interval of time
Gross Migration
the sum total of all in migrations and out migrations experienced by a population during a given interval of time
Operation
the process of formulating definitions for the purposes of measurement
two type of migrant
Emigrant
who move out a country of origin
Immigrants
who move into a country of destination
A Reversal of trends in the late Twentieth Century
The great migration took place nearly 60 years after the U.S Civil War of 1861-1865
Snowbelt and Sunbelt
The former trend, because much of it involved relocation of households from colder to warmer regions came to be referred
Rural renaissance
The latter which reflected the first declines in the U.S. urban population since the first census of 1790 has been called
Ravenstein's Laws
Push-Pull Process
It has been tested in various research sites throughout the world, with the result that its basic postulates still stand
Immigration and Nationality Act
Favored immigrants from western and northern Europe while restricting immigration from southern and eastern European countries