population movement
People changing locations
Population movement is the migration of people from one place to another, whether within a country or across borders.
The term appears in demographic, political, and historical contexts: The war triggered massive population movements across the region.
It encompasses voluntary migration for economic opportunity and forced displacement from conflict, famine, or persecution.
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
- mass exodusLarge-scale collective departure
- climate changePlanetary atmospheric transformation
- warArmed struggle between groups
- ethnic cleansingSystematic removal of populations
internal migration · brain drain · urbanization · famine · seasonal migration · cultural assimilation · remittances · slave trade routes · natural disasters · economic disparity · economic migrants · greener pastures · diaspora · political persecution · displaced persons · boat people · guest workers · chain migration
- migrationmigration, immigrants, refugees, immigration, emigration
population movementsedentarism
Habitual physical inactivity
settlement · rootedness · staying put · immobility · entrenchment
population, populations, populate, populated, populating, populates, populous, populace, popular