Advantages and disadvantages of population migration

Population migration: generally speaking, it refers to the spatial flow of population between two regions, which usually involves the permanent or long-term change of population residence from the place of emigration to the place of emigration.

For the emigrant, the economic, scientific, technical, ideological and cultural ties between the emigrant and the outside world have been strengthened. Especially for rural areas with high population pressure, emigration can alleviate the contradiction between people and land, develop and utilize agricultural land resources more reasonably, and play a positive role in better protecting the rural natural environment. Sometimes it will inhibit the economic development of the emigration area?

For immigrant areas, it has a wider impact on the environment, which promotes the increase of human resources and economic development in this area, but to some extent, it intensifies social and environmental instability.

Extended data:

There are several factors that affect population migration:

1. Natural environmental factors: climate, fresh water, minerals, soil and natural disasters.

2. Socio-economic factors: economic factors, development of transportation and communication, cultural and educational undertakings, marriage and family.

3. Political factors: policy, war and organizational change.

Migration can be divided into two categories:

Divided by geographical scope: international population migration refers to the migration activities of people crossing national boundaries and changing their residence within a certain period of time (usually 1 year). International migration has occurred continuously in history, and the biggest one is the climax of migration from the old continent to the new continent since the geographical discovery of15th century.

According to the migration direction: domestic migration is more frequent and common.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Population Migration