Migration
A move from one place to a new place, for one year or more.
Refugees
People who are forced to flee their homes due to persecution, whether on an individual basis or as part of a mass exodus due to political, religious or other problems.
Rural-urban migration
The migration of people within a country to seek better perceived standard of living
Natural increase
The difference between a society’s crude birth rate and crude death rate.
World city
Cities of power based on trade, political strength, innovation and communications
They grow through a combination of rural-urban migration and natural increase
internal migrant
Someone who moves from place to place inside the borders of a country.
Globally, most internal migrants move from rural to urban areas (rural-urban migrants).
economic migrant
A migrant whose primary motivation is to seek employment.
Migrants who already had a job may have set off in search of better pay, promotion or a change of career. earn a regular wage/spend money locally ect
Mumbai
had a population of 20 million people in 2016 making it the world’s mostly densely populated city, population doubled since 1970
poor air quality
water contamination
1 mil people live in slums
Elite international migrants
Highly skilled and or socially influential individuals attracted to global hub cities with an unusually high density of transport, business, political and cultural connections to the world e.g. London, Dubai
Some elite migrants live as ‘global citizens’ and have multiple homes in different countries.
They encounter few obstacles when moving between countries.
(lawyers, bankers)
Urban Pull Factors - Migrants are attracted to the city for:
Employment Opportunities
Services
Infrastructure
Education
Rural push factors - Migrants are deterred from rural living by:
Poverty
Conflict
Agricultural Modernisation
Climate and Natural Disasters
Lagos
more access to heallthcare, sanitation educcation
conficts due to Muslim and Christian contrasting beliefs
high crime
Bangladesh
reduction in gender inequalities due to the booming textile industry
provided employment due to TNCs