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Why Do People Migrate Within a Country. Key Issue #4. American West- most famous example of large scale interregional migration in United States Population center: average location of everyone in the country, the center of “population gravity” - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Why Do People Migrate Within a Country

Why Do People Migrate Within a Country

Key Issue #4

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• American West- most famous example of large scale interregional migration in United States

• Population center: average location of everyone in the country, the center of “population gravity”

• Appalachian Mountains were the first intervening obstacle

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• Colonial Period:– Population center around Chesapeake Bay area

and Baltimore Maryland– Depended on shipping and export raw materials– Hostile indigenous people hinder the move

westward

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• 1830– Moved west of Moorefield West Virginia– Obtain large land at cheap price– Moved as west as the Mississippi River for fertile

land– Building of canals improved transportation• Erie Canal- between NYC and Great Lakes

– Diffusion of steam-powered boats

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• 1880– West of Cincinnati, Ohio– Population center moved rapidly west to California– Made it to 98th parallel; west trees ran out and prairies

takeover, very little rainfall; unsuited for agriculture– Declared un farmable– In fact some of the richest farmland in the United States– Railroads permitted settlers on the Great Plains to

transport their products to customers in East Coast cities

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• NOW– Recent growth of South– Migrated for job opportunities and environmental

reasons• “Sunbelt”- South• “Rustbelt”-Northeast and Midwest

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Migration Between Regions in other Countries

Country From Where? To Where? Why? Other Notes

Russia Towns and cities to where factories built near raw materials

Far North-Siberia Not enough workers lived near factories, mines, and construction sites

Provided incentives, higher wages, more paid holidays, and early retirement

Brazil Coastal cities Tropical interior Increase attractiveness of the interior

Moved capital from Rio De Janerio to Brasilia

Indonesia Island of Java Less populated islands

Populate the smaller islands; over population in Java

Families received 5 acres of land, materials to build a house, seeds and pesticides and food until crops were ready

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Migration Between Regions in other Countries

Country From Where? To Where? Why? Other Notes

Europe Reflected in per captia incomes and unemployment rates

Migrate where jobs and money are located;

Moving for job opportunities and industry

India State of Assam Permit required to migrate

Protect ethnic identity of Assamese limiting outsiders to compete for jobs and land

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Migration within one RegionUrbanization Suburbanization Counterurbanization

Definition Move from rural areas to cities;

Move from central cities out to the suburbs; detached house instead of apartment, private yard, garage or driveway, schools more modern, better equipped and safer

Net migration from urban to rural areas; results because of expanding suburbs; boundary of countryside cannot be defined;

Significant Fact in U.S. undergoing rapid industrial development; 5% to 50% from 1800-1920

Twice as many migrate from central cities to suburbs;

move for lifestyle reasons; own horses or have farms-work in nearby stores or factories-do not earn living from agriculture; technology allows most Americans to work from anywhere; overall has stopped in the United States