Migration Patterns

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MIGRATION

 PATTERNS

QingYing Sun _        11MTL

Contents

1.                Introduction         .................... 3

  • Place & time
  • Hypotheses         .................... 4 

                 

2.                Methods        ....................         5

  • Migration Photo Exhibition

                 

3.                 Results                ....................         6+ 7

  • Different countries
  • Maps
  • World        ....................         8
  • Detailed....................         9

4.                Conclusion ....................         11

  • Proving or disproving Hypotheses

                 

5.                 Evaluation                ....................12

      Bibliography ................. 13

Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION:

This is an investigation based on Migration and I am aimed to find out the most common and important reasons and patterns of Migration, all over the world including different kinds of migration basing myself on the the Migration Photo Exhibition of Sebastiao Salgado in ICS during the month of November, and therefore, this investigation should only be based on that source of information.

Before going to see the exhibition, I’ve set out four Hypotheses:

  • Most migrants travel only short distances and with increasing distance their number decrease. (distance decay)

I think that this statement is true because the most common type of migration is commuting, and billions of people do this everyday.

Tourism has developed into more local-based lately, too because short distance traveling is faster, cheaper and often safer.

  • Long distance migration is more likely to be to large centers of industry and commerce.

I partially agree with it because a large portion of long distance migration nowadays consist of people from ELDCs to EMDCs seeking higher living standards.

  • The major direction of migration is from rural to urban areas./Urban dwellers are less likely to move than those in rural areas.

I most agree because life in rural areas are often harsher than those in urban areas due to poverty, lack of technology and communication. Though nowadays many urban dwellers tend to move to the suburbs for some fresh air.

  • Migration tends to occur in stages and with a wave like motion.

I think that this statement is partially correct because many people migrate for jobs or leisure and these tend to vary (especially agricultural and touristic based) depending on the seasons.

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Chapter 2 - METHODS:

I have been to the Migration Photo exhibition by Sebastiao Salgado (in ICS) to find graphic evidences to prove or disprove the hypotheses I’ve set before.

To find different kinds of Migration, I had to thoroughly study each of the photographs and read their captions rather carefully, while recorded all the data which I considered important, such as the date the photographs are taken, the origin country, the destination country, the causes of migration, the outcome of migration…etc.

Using the data collected, I indicated the different routes of migration on ...

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