Why do People Move?, part 2

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Why do People Move?, part 2

• Based on lesson Why Do People Move? From Middle
  School World Geography, National Council on
  Economic Education, 2004

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Who would study migration patterns?

• Why would we study migration patterns?

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• Migration patterns help determine increases and
  decreases in population of various areas.
• Services
• Housing
• Job Training
• Tax Incentives
• Roads and Highways
• Economic Growth
• Other Local Factors

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Two Reasons for Migration

• Push Factors
• Push people away from an area
• Negative
• Costs to remain in that location
• Disadvantages to stay

• Pull Factors
• Pull people to move to another area
• Positive
• Benefits of relocating
• Advantages to move

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PUSH or PULL?
Many people moved from the Gulf Coast after
Hurricane Katrina.
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• Hurricane Katrina hit
  the U.S. Gulf Coast on
• August 29, 2005
• Category 4 hurricane
• Trail of destruction from Florida to Louisiana
• Thousands of people lost their homes and
  businesses
• Many will be able to go back when the streets are
  cleared of debris
• Others may never be able to return

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Can you think of other push or pull reasons for
migrating?
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• In 2002, the United Nations estimated that 175
  million people about 3 of the worlds
  population lived in a country different from
  their country of birth.
• Why?

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• Go to part 3