This sounds useful. The main problem with large-scale uncontrolled immigration is that government can't reliably plan ahead for infrastructure improvements and upgrades, which typically need years-long lead times in preparation and execution, to support the expanded population.
As the supply end is so constrained, it makes sense they're using modern technologies to try to resolve the demand.
schoen 6 hours ago [-]
Why can't they estimate the immigration (and emigration) rate like they estimate the birth rate and death rate? Both of those also change in response to numerous factors (including economics, culture, and technology), and both of them can also be estimated with statistical models.
jig_forty 6 hours ago [-]
They can and do but it's much less reliable. Births and deaths are systematically recorded, and fertility rates are shaped by comparatively stable factors like education levels, access to family planning and gradual cultural shifts. Mortality rates follow similarly predictable trends.
Whereas migration flows are heavily influenced by sudden events that are difficult to anticipate, like economic crises, political instability, wars, natural disasters and so on. The data is less complete too, for example unauthorized border crossings will not be recorded officially in cases where these are undetected.
add-sub-mul-div 2 hours ago [-]
I'm sure that strategy was used until open xenophobes got into power and wanted to nurture the fear of their supporters by artificially raising the urgency.
polski-g 6 hours ago [-]
I know in my area the school districts complains that they don't get notification of new planned 400+ unit apartment buildings. So all of the sudden, the local schools are over capacity.
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As the supply end is so constrained, it makes sense they're using modern technologies to try to resolve the demand.
Whereas migration flows are heavily influenced by sudden events that are difficult to anticipate, like economic crises, political instability, wars, natural disasters and so on. The data is less complete too, for example unauthorized border crossings will not be recorded officially in cases where these are undetected.