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Movement Changes people, where they came from, where they are going. Ranges from local to global…daily to once in a lifetime. ALL MOVEMENT involves LEAVING HOME. 3 types.

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Page 1: Aim: What is migration? Chapter 3. Migration Migration A change in residence that is intended to be…

Aim: What is migration?

Chapter 3

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Migration

• Migration A change in residence that is intended to be permanent.

• Emigration-leaving a country.

• Immigration-entering a country.

Little Haiti, Miami, Florida

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Movement

• Changes people, where they came from, where they are going.

• Ranges from local to global…daily to once in a lifetime.

• ALL MOVEMENT involves LEAVING HOME.

• 3 types.

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Types of Movement

Cyclic: shorter periods away from home

Periodic: longer periods away from home

Migration: more permanent, may never return home

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Cyclic Movement

• Daily activities…begin and end at home.• Create our activity spaces.• Ex: Commuting, seasonal movement, nomadism.

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Periodic Movement • Longer periods…return home• Ex: Migrant labor, College, military service• Transhumance: pastoral farming; ranchers move

livestock according to the availability of pastures. (Switzerland, Horn of Africa)

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Migration

• Permanent relocation of an individual, household, or larger group to a new locale outside the community of origin.

• International and internal migration.

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Types of Migration• Forced Migration-migrants

have no choice-must leave.• periodic movement-short term

(weeks or months) seasonal migration to college, winter in the south, etc.

• Cyclic movement-daily movement to work, shopping.

• Transhumance-seasonal pastoral farming-Switzerland, Horn of Africa.

• Nomadism-cyclical, yet irregular migration that follows the growth of vegetation.

Commuter train in Soweto,South Africa

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International Migration – Movement across country borders (implying a degree of permanence).

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Internal Migration - Movement within a single country’s borders (implying a degree of permanence).

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• On average, Americans move once every 6 years.• US population is the most mobile in the world with

over 5 million moving from 1 state to another every year.

• 35 million move within a state, county or community each year.

• Migration a key factor in the speed of diffusion of ideas and innovation.

• Our perception of distance and direction are often distorted-thus a sizable % of migrants return to their original home due to these distorted perceptions.

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From 12 to 30 million Africans were forced from their homelands in the 18th century. It took

generations to restore the population balance.

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Choose one type of cyclic or periodic movement and then think of a specific example of the kind of movement changes both the home and the destination. How do these places change as a result of this cyclic or periodic movement?