Migration Trends — Chapter Summary
ICSE · Class 12 · Geography
Summary of Migration Trends for ICSE Class 12 Geography. Key concepts: Migration is the movement, A migrant person is a person and Out.
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Overview
Migration is the movement of population from one place to another. It can be permanent or temporary, and temporary movement may be annual, seasonal, or daily. Migration changes the size, composition, and distribution of population in both the place of origin and the place of destination. In India, i
Key Concepts
Migration is the movement of population
Migration is the movement of population from one place to another. It may be permanent or temporary. Temporary migration can be annual, seasonal, or d
A migrant person is a person
A migrant person is a person who, at a given census, was enumerated at a place other than his or her place of birth. The duration of stay at the prese
Out
Out-migration means leaving a place for another destination. In-migration means coming into a place and settling there. The same person is an out-migr
Commutation includes movement of people between
Commutation includes movement of people between two cities, or from surrounding rural areas to a city.
Stepwise migration is movement from
Stepwise migration is movement from a village to a small town and later to a big city.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the meaning and types of migration
- Distinguish between out-migration, in-migration, emigration, and immigration
- Learn how migration is measured in the Census of India
- Identify major waves of Indian diaspora and international migration patterns
- Explain major causes of migration such as marriage, work, education, and household movement
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