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Movement in Geography - Coggle Diagram
Movement in Geography
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Urbanization
Gentrification: When rich people move into poor cities and improve housing, attracting businesses and tourists, resulting in the original residents not having the money to live there. For example, Vancouver, Canada's residents having to move away because a big business undercut the prices of their local business, causing the residents to lose their jobs
Carrying Capacity: The number of people that can be supported in an area within natural resource limits. For example, the Earth having a human carrying capacity of 9-10billion.
Favela: An unplanned urban area. For example, the 1000 favelas in Rio de Janeiro 
Infrastructure: The services and facilities required in order to sustain functionality in a city or area. For example, subway systems, pipelines, roads, police, firefighters,
Megacity: Population greater than 10 million people. For example, Tokyo, Japan having a population of 37.39million
Primate City: A city that is 2 times the population of the next biggest city in a country. For example, Sydney, Australia
Rural: An area with very low population density, usually outside cities. For example, Bryant, Indiana's area being 205 acres and having a population of 252 people
Rural to Urban Migration (push factors): Reasons why people move from rural areas to urban, more established areas. Poverty, vulnerability to natural disasters, less infrastructure. For example, China having 145million people migrate from rural areas to urban areas every year.
Rural to Urban Migration (pull factors): Reasons why people are drawn to urban areas from rural areas. Job and education opportunities, higher income, more diversity in people and culture. For example, people moving from farms in the U.S. to Boston, Chicago, or New York City for jobs.
Urban: A human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. For example, New York City.
Vancouver, Canada: A city that has been significantly changed by gentrification over the last 100 years.
Migration/People
Asylum: Protection granted by a country to someone that had to leave their country as a refugee. For example, refugees from Haiti being granted asylum in the U.S.
Brain Drain: When educated individuals emigrate to another country and drain the original country of its intelligence, leaving educated jobs vacant. For example, doctors evacuating from Afghanistan, leaving all of those jobs empty
Documented Immigrant: Someone residing in a foreign country with legal documentation. For example, someone with a Green Card living in the U.S.
Immigrant: Someone that moves to a country to live there permanently. For example, Someone immigrating from Mexico to the U.S.
Refugee: Someone that has been forced to leave their country because danger, war, or natural disaster. For example, people in Afghanistan trying to seek refuge in the U.S. after the Taliban took power.
Undocumented Immigrant: Someone residing a foreign country without legal documentation. For example, people from Mexico sneaking across the border illegally into the U.S.