This document discusses different types of population movements that impact cities like Birmingham in the UK. It defines the processes of urbanization, suburbanization, counter-urbanization, and re-urbanization and provides examples of each in Birmingham. It also examines reasons for national and international migration such as retirement, jobs, education, worker shortages, EU migration, and war. National migration within the UK can impact Birmingham's age structure, ethnicity, housing, and services as people move to the area for different reasons over time.

1. How is Birmingham changing by movements of
people, employment and services?

2. What do the arrows represent?
urbanisation
suburbanisation
Counter-
urbanisation
Re-urbanisation

3. a) Match up these key terms to their definitions:
Process Definition Examples in Birmingham
Urbanisation the process by which an increasing
percentage of a country's population comes
to live in towns and cities.
Suburbanisati
on
the process by which people, factories,
offices and shops move out from the central
areas of cities and into the suburbs.
Counter-
urbanisation
The movement of people from the MEDC
cities to the countryside seeking a better
quality of life. Many still commute into the
city to work, but increasing numbers are
moving to completely change their lifestyle
and work in the rural area, often by
teleworking.
Re-
urbanisation
the process whereby towns and cities in
MEDCs which have been experiencing a loss
of population are able to reverse the decline
and begin to grow again. Some form of
redevelopment is often required.
Choose from:
• Re-urbanisation
• Urbanisation
• Suburbanisation
• Counter-urbanisation
b) Use p. 160 in your text book to describe
how these processes have taken place in
Birmingham. Be specific.

4. Think about it …
• What is the difference between international and
national migration???

5. Reasons for national and
international migration
Causes/ reasons to move around the country..
Causes/ reasons to move from one country to
another…

6. Reasons for national and
international migration
1. Retired
2. Jobs
3. Studying
4. 1950s worker shortage
5. 2000’s EU migration
6. Escape war
Each of these 6 reasons could
impact any of the following in
Birmingham:
A. Age structure
B. Ethnicity
C. Housing
D. Services (mainly schools
and hospitals)
E. G. how would retired
migration impact B’ham?

7. Copy and complete the table using p161 and your
own knowledge
Reason for
migration
Explanation
One sentence max!
Impact on
Birmingham (as specific as possible)
Retire In the UK people often
retire to a different
part of the UK (e.g.
SW) as it is ‘quieter’
AGE STRUCTURE CHANGE.
Retired people (over 65’s) don’t live
in the city. Some may do still in the
rural urban fridge.
Job
Study Find out where students live in B’ham
UK job shortage
(1950)
P161 – right hand column
EU migration
(since 2000)
Forced migration
from war
P161 right hand column
A. Age structure
B. Ethnicity
C. Housing
D. Services (mainly schools
and hospitals)