Net internal migration: 2000-2004 Florida 190.894 Arizona 66,344 Nevada 50803 41,298 North Carolina 39.137 Texas 36,566 20.535 South Carolina 18,756 Tennessee 16,634 Washington 13354 Lowest Utah -9.495 -11,469 16945 Michigan 28,467 Ohio 31.613 -32.147 Massachusetts -42,402 Illinois 71,854 California 99,039 New York -182, 886
Net internal migration: 2000–2004
Why Migrate? Fertility and mortality both occur in response to biological/genetic and social factors For example, the likelihood that a woman will have a child is due in part to her fecundity(biological) and in part to her income(social) There is no genetic propensity in people favoring or not favoring residential change The likelihood that a person will or will not move is due entirely to factors in the physical and social environment at the areas of origin and destination and to personal factors
Why Migrate? • Fertility and mortality both occur in response to biological/genetic and social factors. • For example, the likelihood that a woman will have a child is due in part to her fecundity (biological) and in part to her income (social). • There is no genetic propensity in people favoring or not favoring residential change. • The likelihood that a person will or will not move is due entirely to factors in the physical and social environment at the areas of origin and destination and to personal factors
Why Migrate? Migration push factors: Lack of job opportunity Discrimination Low availability of social and life partners Community catastrophes such as a flood, epidemic Large scale construction: three Gorges Dam Migration pull factors. Better chances for employment and income Better chances for college enrollment Gentle environment in terms of climate and living conditions Race and sexual orientation
Why Migrate? • Migration push factors: • Lack of job opportunity • Discrimination • Low availability of social and life partners • Community catastrophes such as a flood, epidemic • Large scale construction: three Gorges Dam • Migration pull factors: • Better chances for employment and income • Better chances for college enrollment • Gentle environment in terms of climate and living conditions • Race and sexual orientation
Why Migrate Intervening obstacles Distance Migration regulations such as hukou The pushes and pulls are thus evaluated in light of the costs of overcoming the intervening obstacles Migration flows from less developed areas into more developed growing ones Latin america and asia to the United states Asia to canada Africa and Asia to Europe
Why Migrate • Intervening obstacles • Distance • Migration regulations such as hukou • The pushes and pulls are thus evaluated in light of the costs of overcoming the intervening obstacles. • Migration flows from less developed areas into more developed growing ones: • Latin America and Asia to the United States • Asia to Canada • Africa and Asia to Europe
Urbanization process in the world
Urbanization process in the world