Week11 Where and Why people move
Key points:
- Many factors stimulate the migration process. They include conflict, economic conditions, political strife, cultural circumstances, environmental change, and technological advances.
--> Explain these process with the cases of Asia-Pacific regions.
- Voluntary migrations such as the movement toward the Sunbelt in North America, are Stimulated by " pull" as well as "push" factors.
--> Think about the Chinese migrations in the early 19 centuries. Where and why they moved?
- Not all migrations involve long-term relocation; cyclic and periodic movements are common as well.
--> For example?
- Forced migrations result from the imposition of power by stronger peoples over weaker ones. A modern example is the repatriation of illegal migrants by governments that are unwilling to accept them.
--> Explain the example and discuss the reason.
- The voluntary migration of Europeans to the New World, the forced migration of Africans to the Americas, and the migration of Europeans to their overseas colonial empires are among migration streams that have transformed the world.
--> How about the voluntary migrations in Asia-Pacific region?
- Internal migrations, involving major population shifts, have occurred in the former Soviet Union, the United States, China, and the Large countries. Mobility is among the qualities that define the character of culture, and American society today is the world's most mobile.
-->Why American society is the world's most mobile ?
- Among the important contributors to contemporary populations are refugees fleeing their place of residence in the face of international conflict, ethnic strife, or environment disaster.
2.1 Kids: Stable Population
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