Migration Theories
This term refers to migration driven by personal choice rather than external compulsion.
What is voluntary migration?
Moving within the same country is known as this type of migration.
What is internal migration?
This term describes the likelihood of adverse effects due to the combination of hazards, exposure, and vulnerabilities.
What is disaster risk?
True or False: There is a clear distinction between voluntary and forced migration.
What is false?
The phenomenon where skilled professionals emigrate for better opportunities is termed this.
What is brain drain?
These two main types of hazards are classified based on their speed of onset.
What are sudden and slow onset hazards?
Theories of forced migration have historically been understudied because migration was assumed to involve this key characteristic.
What is agency?
Persecution based on race, religion, or political beliefs can force individuals to flee, resulting in this status.
What is refugee status?
This term describes the placement of people and infrastructure in hazard-prone areas.
What is exposure?
This theory suggests that migration is driven by wage differences between regions.
What is the neoclassical economic theory?
Time-limited, cyclical movement of people, often for agricultural work, is termed this.
What is seasonal migration?
The ability of individuals and communities to anticipate, cope with, and recover from hazards is known as this.
What is resilience?
This theory emphasizes the role of family and household decisions in migration.
What is the new economics of labor migration (NELM)?
Migration that follows a path of a series of stages or steps toward a final destination is called this.
What is step migration?
Different levels of vulnerability at household, community, and national levels highlight this concept.
What is intersectional vulnerability?