Geografie 1999, 104, 73-88

https://doi.org/10.37040/geografie1999104020073

Geographical Aspects in the Framework of Interdisciplinary Research on Migration

Dušan Drbohlav

Katedra sociální geografie a regionálního rozvoje, Přírodovědecká fakulta UK, Albertov 6, 128 43 Praha 2, Czechia

This contribution deals with the basic concepts of migration. It focuses on how geographical aspects may be understood within an interdisciplinary research of migration. The following points are discussed: conditionality of the migration process, migration definition within a broader concept of a spatial mobility, data sources and their "organization", principal dimensions of study of migration processes and related important theoretical frameworks and approaches.

Funding

Autor děkuje GA ČR za finanční podporu grantu č. 403/99/1006.

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