Climate change migration : a review of the Literature
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2013-05
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Initial apocalyptic depictions of migration have proceeded to more nuanced information, which allows for understanding migration not as a threat to human security but as means to achieve it. Migration linked to environmental change is found to be mainly internal or between contiguous countries, mostly occurring in developing countries. These dynamics warrant moving the locus of knowledge production and discussion towards vulnerable societies and polities, so that locally relevant countermeasures enhancing resilience can be put in place. This literature review consists of background, major themes and debates, followed by observed gaps and opportunities, including a select annotated bibliography.
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A study commissioned by the International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (Erasmus University Rotterdam), within the project on ‘Migration, Gender and Social Justice’
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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, MIGRATION, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, MIGRANT WORKERS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, MIGRATION POLICY, HUMAN SECURITY, SOCIAL SECURITY, GLOBAL SOUTH, SOUTH-SOUTH RELATIONS