Migration terminology
Geographic mobility:
Migration
How is it different from residential mobility?
How long is permanent?
Does distance matter?
Residential mobility (residential moves)
Distinctions between:
Internal migration and international migration
In-migration and out-migration versus immigration and emigration
Origin population
Destination (host) population
Net migration
Return migration
Migration measurement
Data sources for migration estimates in the United States
Migration rate (Census)
Net (international / internal) migration rate
Patterns & theories
Push and pull factors
Intervening obstacles
Migration selectivity
Describe the association of each of the following characteristics with moving and migration:
Age
Education
Internal migration in the United States
Annual percentage of population that is mobile and that migrates
Historical flows, push and pull factors:
Westward migration
Great (Northward) Migration
Contemporary pattern of net migration
Regions with negative net flows
Regions with positive net flows
Internal migration and urbanization, considered globally
Consequences in high-income countries (you should be able to name three)
Consequence in low- and middle-income countries
Key terms:
Depopulation
Deconcentration (suburbanization)
Urbanization
Urban agglomeration
Percent of global population in urban areas & change over time
Location of most rapid urban growth & projection for future
