Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 12
Shift Happens: Migration
In This Chapter
Studying early human dispersal
Deciding where to go
Marking migration magnets
Marketing and mental mapping
N ew Britain and New Holland are towns in Pennsylvania. New Prague and New Ulm are towns in
Minnesota. And who could forget New Lisbon, Wisconsin; New Leipzig, North Dakota; and New
Hamburg, New York? One can't help but wonder what was going on in Old Prague, Old Lisbon, and
Old Leipzig that caused people to up and embark on the journey of their lives. Goodness knows, shift
happens. And thank goodness it does, because geography would be pretty dull without it.
At issue in this chapter is migration, which is key to understanding
The distribution of people at the global, regional, and local scales
Differences in population growth
Patterns of ethnicity and culture
Environmental issues related to population growth
Migration is travel that involves a change in residential location. Together with birth rates and death
rates (described in Chapter 11) it's a central component of population geography. More specifically,
migration is fundamental to understanding population shifts present and past, including ones that ran
their courses long before the dawn of recorded history.
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