Net Migration
What Net Migration means in Geography GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definitions of Net Migration
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
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
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