Migration: Push and Pull Factors
Land Availability
Pull Factor: Enough housing to meet the demands of the population.
Economic Opportunity
Pull Factor: Freedom to own one's own business, or find jobs
Religious Freedom
Pull Factor: Freedom to practice (or not practice) any religion.
Political Freedom
Pull Factor: The right to vote for (elect) political leaders. (usually found in democratic countries)
Lack of job opportunities
Push Factor: there are no jobs to be had
Overpopulation
Push Factor: too many people, not enough housing
Natural Hazards
Push Factors: 1. Droughts = no rain 2. Famine = no food 3. Floods = water covers the land 4. Volcanic eruptions = lava creates new land 5. Earthquakes = shifting plate tectonics
Push Factors
Conditions (bad) that make someone want to leave their home country. 1. Overpopulation 2. Religious Persecution 3. Lack of Job Opportunities 4. Agricultural decline 5. Conflict/War 6. Political Persecution 7. Natural Hazards 8. Limits on personal freedom
Pull Factors
Conditions (good) that make someone want to come to a country. 1. Religious Freedom 2. Economic Opportunity 3. Land Availability 4. Political Freedom 5. Ethnic and Family ties 6. Arable land
Emigration
To EXIT or leave a country Push factors influence this
Immigrant
To come INTO a country Pull factors influence this
