1. The Lost boys of sudan
60 minutes

2. Why Do People Migrate Within a Country?
Migration
Why Do People Migrate Within a Country?

3. Internal Migration: Interregional (between regions of a country)
In MDCs, more prevalent in the past
lack of farmland
The opening to the American West
Trade with Europe
Appalachians
Natives
African Americans from S→N
Early 20th century
Movement South
1980s/90s
Jobs/sunbelt

4. Russia Brazil Important to developing former Soviet Union
Raw materials
Siberia & Far North; forced & voluntary
Pop. Concentrated near Atlantic coast (Sao Paulo & Rio)
Moved capital city further inland in 1960

5. Indonesia Europe Italy S→N (*income)
UK N→S
Future regional pattern as increased integration of economies (EU)?
Since 1969, paid migration of 5 million ppl from Java to less pop. Islands
Not very successful in long run

6. India Mexico
Northern Mexicans to Southern US → Southern Mexicans to Northern Mexico
Restrictions/permits by gov’t
Assam in NE part of country

7. Internal Migration: Intraregional (within one region)
More people move within the same region
Rural →Urban (less than 5% in 1800, ½ by 1920)
1st in MDCs, more recently in LDCs
20 million/year
In MDCs, movement is now central cities→suburbs
Not related to employment
Lifestyle choices (cars, highways, ethnic composition)

8. Cont’d…
Counterurbanization: more people moving from cities to rural areas
Recent trend
Expansion of suburbs (boundary hard to define)
retirement