mobility

Today in Human Geo, we talked more in depth about the topic of migration. First we talked about mobility, which is the most generalized term that refers to all types of movements. Examples of this are driving to school, weekly shopping visits, and annual trips to see relatives. Another key word in this section was circulation. This is a short term and repetitive act of mobility. One example of this is college students traveling to their college in the fall and returning back home in the spring to see family. We learned that migration is a permanent move to a new location and Ravenstein’s Law is to see where migrants typically move in a region. We found that most migrants relocate within the same country, which is usually close to where they were originally living. I thought it was very interesting that around 9 percent of the world’s population are international migrants and that the US has the most foreign born residents in the world.