Summary edexcel notes on Migration for the new A/AS level human geography
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Course
Unit 2 - Dynamic Places
Institution
PEARSON (PEARSON)
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Rural to urban migration within China Rural to urban migration within
• Mass migration good news for china's economy • Core periphery growth in Spain
• 1987 on eve of economic reforms 20% population lived in much that Celtiberian Highland
• Many people migrate to find work – globalisation has led to
cities today its 55% has been all but abandoned
increase in number of migrants e.g. 2014 – 230million • ‘Site factor’ for Chinese cities due to relocation of • Decades of depopulation just 8
400million rural people – attract foreign direct investment + remain
labour force • Provinces i.e. Teruel have 600 v
• Chinese gov authorisation of free movement can be viewed than 100 people average age 57
with hindsight as economic decision so china can benefit • High rural unemployment mean
from globalisation work in cities i.e. Barcelona
• ‘Migrant Miracle’ that followed underpinned 30yearts of • Low birth rate means rural reco
• Migration: people moving from one place to another
rapid economic growth schools shut
• International migration: people moving from one
country to another
• Rural to urban migration: people moving from
countryside to city
• Internal migration: people moving within one country i.e. International migration inside t
London to Newcastle EQ1: Impacts of globalisation area
• Economic migration: people moving from one place to • EU free movement of labour he
another for work on international migration core periphery pattern develop
• Temporary migration: people moving for a certain • EU core region = southern Engl
amount of time northern France i.e. Paris etc +
• Permanent migration: people that move for good flows are directed to these plac
• Forced migration: people who don’t have a choice but to • Most national border controls r
move when Schengen Agreement wa
• Voluntary migration: people who choose to move to that easier movement of goods/peo
place How does transport improvement + trade affect • passports not usually shown at
• Elite migration: people who move freely due to wealth or migration • UK didn’t sign they preferred bo
social status • Globalisation – shrinking world • Schengen Benefits: labour can m
• Centripetal migration: moving towards the centre/city • Easier to get around is more demand Costs: once so
• Easier to get goods from other countries country they can move to othe
• Core periphery system: uneven distribution of population
• More opportunities for people • fear of terrorism + uncontrolled
and wealth between two or more regions from migration,
• More choice movement led to questions of f
trade or investment
• Backwash: flows of people, investment + resources from
peripheral to core
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