IGCSE Geography / Globalisation and migration

Six migrations compared

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 8: Globalisation and migration, specification point 8.2b. Part of the full course.

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Migrations can be classified by whether people choose to move, cross a border, and move from the countryside to a city. Comparing causes, scale and impacts helps you explain how different migrations affect people and places.

More lessons in Globalisation and migration

• Globalisation and the global economy
• What drives globalisation
• The WTO and the IMF
• Transnational corporations
• Why people migrate: push and pull
• Types of migration: medical, sport, tourism and economic
• Winners and losers of globalisation
• TNCs: benefits and costs for the host country
• The impacts of migration
• The growth of global tourism
• Case study: mass tourism on Spain's Costa Blanca
• Geopolitics: how relations between countries shape movement
• Case study: how the UK manages migration
• Making tourism more sustainable
• Case studies: sustainable tourism in The Gambia and Bhutan
• Case study: sustainable tourism in Cyprus