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02/18/2009

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Brain Drain
Definition
Large-scale emigration by talented people.
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Chain Migration
Definition
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.
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Circulation
Definition
Short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis.
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Counterurbanization
Definition
migration from urban to rural areas in more developed countries.
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Emigration
Definition
Permanent or semipermanent movement from a location.
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Floodplain
Definition
The area subject to flooding during a given num­ber of years according to historical trends.
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Forced Migration
Definition
Permanent movement compelled usually by cultural factors.
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Guest Workers
Definition
Workers who migrate to the more developed countries of Northern and Western Europe, usually from Southern and Eastern Europe or from North Africa, in search of higher-paying jobs
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Imigration
Definition
Permanent or semipermanent movement to a new location.
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Internal Migration
Definition
Permanent movement within a particular country.
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International Migration
Definition
Permanent movement from one country to another.
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Interregional Migration
Definition
Permanent movement from one re­gion of a country to another.
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Intervening Obsticle
Definition
An environmental or cultural feature of the landscape that hinders migration.
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Intraregional Migration
Definition
Permanent movement within one region of a country.
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Migration
Definition
Form of relocation diffusion involving permanent move to a new location.
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Migration Transition
Definition
Change in the migration pattern in a so­ciety that results from industrialization, population growth, and other social and economic changes that also produce the demo­graphic transition.
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Mobility
Definition
All types of movement from one location to another.
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Net Migration
Definition
the difference between the level of immigra­tion and the level of emigration.
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Pull Factors
Definition
Factors that induce people to move to a new location.
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Push Factors
Definition
Factors that induce people to leave old residences.
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Quota
Definition
In reference to migration, a law that places maximum limits on the number of people who can immigrate to a country each year.
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Refugees
Definition
People who are forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion.
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Undocumented Immigrants
Definition
People who enter a country without proper documents.
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Voluntary Migration
Definition
Permanent movement undertaken by choice.
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