Examining Stage Migration Systems - Annotated Bibliography

DeWaard, J., Curtis, K. J., & Fussell, E. (2016). Population recovery in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: Exploring the potential role of stage migration in migration systems. Population and Environment, 37(4), 449-463.

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Stage migrations have been efficient in the restoration of the human population in areas affected by natural disasters such as Hurricanes Katrina, which accounted for the death of more than 1200 people in New Orleans. The migration waves in such areas are initiated by post-disaster problems such as insufficient housing, property damage and the breakup of the cultural aspects such as religion mainly due to displacement of the indigenous people. DeWaard et al. (2016) conceptualize that stage migrations in New Orleans in the wake of the devastating Hurricane IN 2005 accounted for about 25 % of the population recovery in the disaster-stricken areas. The positive net-migration into the affected areas led to the addition of over 154,148 residents over 8 years (DeWaard et al., 2016). The restoration efforts led to the convergence of people with different primary cultural backgrounds, with many of the migrants being the indigenous inhabitants of New Orleans area. This mix up of different cultural perspectives led to cultural diversification and the eventual suppression of the indigenous culture (DeWaard et al., 2016). According to DeWaard et al. (2016), indirect migration is one of the most important migration concepts that account for population recovery especially in disaster or pandemic-stricken areas, where such migrations are associated with serious loss of the indigenous cultural norms.

Hauer, M. E. (2017). Migration induced by sea-level rise could reshape the US population landscape. Nature Climate Change, 7(5), 321-325.

Widespread human migrations occur every year in the United States in response to the rise in the sea level, as communities inhabiting coastal regions seek higher grounds as a way of escaping coastal flooding. The millions of displaced people have a critical impact on modelling the future population infrastructure of the United States, where these people affect the current distribution of population across the country. Hauer (2017) estimates that additional migration modelling is necessary for estimating the impact of sea rise-induced migrations on the future population distribution. Both temporary and permanent migrations during these periods need to be properly accounted for as a way of monitoring the population fluctuations in the country (Hauer, (2017). As a way of estimating the population which is vulnerable of sea level rises, Hauer (2017) applies migratory systems simulations to provide a rough estimate of the expected number of migrants into the United States together with their possible destination after the seasonal fluctuations in the sea levels. The migrations occurring as a result of sea-level rise form a very important component in reshaping the entire population landscape and the prevailing demographic methods in the United States.

Kurbatova, O. L., & Yankovsky, N. K. (2016). Migration as the main factor of Russia’s urban population dynamics. Russian Journal of Genetics, 52(7), 726-745.

The dynamics of the urban population in Russia are primarily anchored around the demography migration processes in the country. According to Kurbatova & Yankovsky (2016), the social demographic component of the migrations are important in the process of modelling the future population and its cultural variants. The migratory processes tend to be selective depending on a given ethnic demographic trait that is genetic. Kurbatova & Yankovsky (2016) further articulates the cultural adaptation problems that face the migrants and the strategies they put in place to adapt and fit into the new culture. The megalopolis population has mixed ethnic and genetic aspects owing to the intense waves of migration and the flow of genes from one ethnic group to the other. The mixing of genetic aspects is attributed to the assorted sequence of mating about the existing demographic traits, which are sex-linked (Kurbatova & Yankovsky, 2016). Cultural adaptation by the migrating groups is mainly through alteration of the current behavioural patterns to suit the needs of the new culture.

Wessel, T., Turner, L. M., & Nordvik, V. (2018). Population dynamics and ethnic geographies in Oslo: the impact of migration and natural demographic change on ethnic composition and segregation. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 33(4), 789-805.

The ethnicity of social groups constitutes their cultural traditions and their general way of life. Natural changes on the structure of the population together with migration of people have altered the ethnic-composition of most social groups in Oslo, Norway. The processes involved in demographic modelling have an impact on the segregation and the organization of ethnic groups Oslo, where the 2001 and 2011 census data is used for comparison purposes to show the ethnic composition has decomposed over time, and the segregation that has been experienced on the local mobility, together with naturally occurring changes in demography (Wessel et al., 2018). From the study results by Wessel et al. (2018), there is a gradual weakening of the original settlements as a result of local mobility with little or no effect on ethnic segregation levels. Among different groups, there is an increase in group exposure due to local mobility as well as separation from the rest of the Nordic population. According to Wessel et al. (2018), international migrations have ensured higher integration spatially between the Nordic and the rest of the residents as natural changes have been found to have a strengthening effect on the minority groups and ethnic segregation in general (Wessel et al., 2018).

White, A., Grabowska, I., Kaczmarczyk, P., & Slany, K. (2018). The Impact of migration on Poland: EU mobility and social change (p. 284). UCL Press.

Migration has influenced the pace and the mode of social changes in Poland, characterized by the evolution of Polish society. Migration has resulted in the reinforcement or disappearance of many social trends in Poland as explained by White et al. (2018). For instance, migrations and intermingling between the polish communities with foreigners has resulted in an overall increase in the knowledge in the English language, even among older groups of people. Also, findings by White et al. (2018) indicates that a majority of the retired polish population is currently enrolled in adult education, a phenomenon attributed to active migrations into the country, where older people are actively learning foreign languages to communicate with their family members living abroad. Such trends among the polish communities have been caused by interactions between the polish population and the migrants, where norms and beliefs have diffused through the people of Poland.

References

DeWaard, J., Curtis, K. J., & Fussell, E. (2016). Population recovery in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: Exploring the potential role of stage migration in migration systems. Population and Environment, 37(4), 449-463.

Hauer, M. E. (2017). Migration induced by sea-level rise could reshape the US population landscape. Nature Climate Change, 7(5), 321-325.

Kurbatova, O. L., & Yankovsky, N. K. (2016). Migration as the main factor of Russia’s urban population dynamics. Russian Journal of Genetics, 52(7), 726-745.

Wessel, T., Turner, L. M., & Nordvik, V. (2018). Population dynamics and ethnic geographies in Oslo: the impact of migration and natural demographic change on ethnic composition and segregation. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 33(4), 789-805.

White, A., Grabowska, I., Kaczmarczyk, P., & Slany, K. (2018). The Impact of migration on Poland: EU mobility and social change (p. 284). UCL Press.