GEO 101 World Human Geography
Spring 2011
Lecture Outline

Migration

Before Lecture
Reading assignment for today: Greiner pp. 81-95
Important Concepts from the textbook you should review before lecture (write a short definition): migration, circulation, emigration, immigration, net migration, demographic equation, forced migration, voluntary migration, push factors, pull factors, international migration, authorized immigrants, unauthorized immigrants, transnationalism, remittances, refugee, internally displaced persons
I have the following question(s) about the textbook reading:

A way out of the population problem?

Why migrate?
 

• Push Factors
• Pull Factors
• Voluntary Migration
• Involuntary/Forced Migration

A Closer Look at Forced Migration

Types of Forced Migrants

• Refugees
• Internally Displaced Persons
• Trafficked people

The growing scale and scope of forced migration

Sources of Forced Migration

• Environmental Disasters and Eco-Migration
• Poverty and Economic Insecurity
• Development Induced Displacement
• Political Instability, Conflicts, and War

Characteristics of Migrants

Distance of Migration

• International Migration
• Internal Migration
  • Interregional Migration
  • Intraregional Migration
    • Rural to Urban Migration
    • Urban to Suburban Migration
    • Reverse Migration (Counterurbanization)

Why do People Stay Put?

Centralia Pennsylvania

Picher, Oklahoma

Additional Resources

• Forced Migration in Afghanistan
• Maps | Photos | UNHCR Home Page

The great Katrina migration Sept. 12, 2005 Christian Science Monitor

Katrina migration will bring changes Sept. 10, 2005 CNN.com

Katrina could prompt new black "great migration" Septebmer 5, 2005 Yahoo News

Map of Refugee Destinations from BBC News

After Lecture

What was the main point of today's lecture?

Important concepts covered in this lecture (write a short definition):

One thing I did not fully understand today is:

What did I learn today that I did not know before?