1. Why Do People Migrate Within a Country? C3K4

2. Objectives Migration between regions within the United States. Migration between regions in other countries. Migration within one region.

4. Migration Between Regions Within the United States Colonial Settlement: population concentration along Atlantic coast. Why? Intervening obstacles (mountains, thick forests, and hostile Indians)

5. Migration Between Regions Within the United States Early Settlement in the Interior: transportation improvement opened up settlement. How? Erie Canal linked NYC to Great Lakes. Allowed farmers to move west.

6. Migration Between Regions Within the United States Migration to California: Gold Rush & unsuitable farm land in the great plains rapidly sped the way for the population center to shift west.

7. Migration Between Regions Within the United States Settlement of the Great Plains: rate slowed westward b/c European migration Land grants and technological improvements to farm Great Plains

8. Migration Between Regions Within the United States Recent growth of the South: pop moved 250 miles west (1940 to 2000). Moved southward 75 mi. Why? Jobs and climate (area known = Sunbelt)

9. Migration Between Regions in Other Countries Russia: built mines and factories near raw materials. Far North: 45% of land (< 2% pop) solution? Forced migration Collapse of USSR: ended government sponsored “optimal locations” for factories.

10. Brazil New Capital: Brazil moved capital 600 miles to the interior. Why?

11. Indonesia Indonesia: incentives to move from Java (2/3 pop) to other islands. One-way air ticket, 5 acres, building material, seeds, and pesticides, and a year worth of rice.

12. Europe Follow the $$$: former colonies and poorer European countries migrated North and West.

13. India Gov. Permits: limit migration within to protect local economies and ethnic identity.

14. Migration Within One Region Urbanization Trend MDC: ¾ urban population LDC: since 1982 same trend is happening (23% to 42% in Asia)

15. Migration from urban to Suburban Areas MDC: intraregional migration from cities to suburbs (2:1 ratio) Pull factor: NOT JOBS but WHAT? Bigger, access, & more privacy

16. Migration from Urban to Rural Areas Counterurbanization: MDC experienced more people moving to rural than moving to urban. WHY? Rat race versus the farm What makes it possible? Modern communications & transportation

17. Gentrification: the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents).