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Wilbur Zelinsky. By Robbie Scully. Quick Biography. Wilbur Zelinsky was born in Illinois on December 21st 1921. He was a student at the University of California, Berkley under Carl Sauer. He received his doctorate in 1953.
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Wilbur Zelinsky By Robbie Scully
Quick Biography • Wilbur Zelinsky was born in Illinois on December 21st 1921. • He was a student at the University of California, Berkley under Carl Sauer. He received his doctorate in 1953. • He was a professor emeritus at the Pennsylvania State University. • He is renowned as a great American cultural geographer. • He died May 4th, 2013.
Zelinsky Model • This is the Zelinsky Model of Mobility Transition, it claims that the type of migration that occurs within a country depends on how developed it is or what type of society it is. • In the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) there is a connection between its stages and migration.
Phase ONe • • Phase one, Pre-modern Traditional Society, this is right before the beginning of urbanization when there is very little migration and natural increase rates are at zero.
Phase two • • Phase two, Early Transitional Society, There is a large rate of movement from rural to urban areas and there is a rapid rate of natural increase.
Phase three • • Phase three, Late Transitional Society, this is when there is more urban movement in migration than rural to urban movement. These are complex circulatory movements.
Phase four • Phase four, Advanced Society, there is really only large movements in migration from city to city, this is slight to moderate rate of natural increase.
Phase five • • Phase five, Future Super advanced Society, almost all residential migration may be of the interurban and intraurban variety. There is a stable morality pattern.
IMpact • Wilbur Zelinsky was successful in identifying a migration transition. • This has changes in a society comparable to those in demographic transition. • His model is very important in terms of understanding migration throughout the world. • He was a pioneer along with Ravenstein that understood how migration evolves over time. • Also, how many factors, such as the state of the country can easily impact the migration levels in said country.
Citation • Sources: • Information: • Leneze, Michelle. "Professor Emeritus Wilbur Zelinsky —Memorial Service Scheduled." Penn • State Department of Geography. N.p., 06 May 2013. Web. 23 Sep 2013. <http://www.geog.psu.edu/news/professor-emeritus-wilbur-zelinsky-passes-91>. • "Wilbur Zelinksky." Association of American geographers. N.p.. Web. 23 Sep 2013. <http://www.aag.org/cs/membership/tributes_memorials/sz/zelinsky_wilbur>. • Rubeinstein, James. The Cultural Landscape. New Jersey: Pearson education, 2013. Print. • Pictures: • http://www.geo.ut.ee/nbc/paper/Image2.gif • http://www.aag.org/galleries/about-aag-images/Zelinsky_Wilbur.2005.jpg