Geography GCSE
Net Migration
What Net Migration means in Geography GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Net Migration
Exam boards and our study guides word this term in slightly different ways. Learn the version your board uses.
The difference between the number of immigrants entering a country and the number of emigrants leaving it over a specific period.
The difference between the number of immigrants (people moving into the country) and emigrants (people moving out).
Topics that use Net Migration
- The UK settlement, population and economic challenges (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- The UK's resource consumption and environmental sustainability challenge (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Deindustrialisation
- Ecological Footprint
- Eutrophication
- Habitat fragmentation
- Integrated Transport System
- Natural Increase
- Two-Speed Economy
- Brownfield Site
Using Net Migration in the exam
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