Saeed, FahadMajeed Salik, KashifIshfaq, Sadia2019-07-122019-07-122016-01-18http://hdl.handle.net/10625/57696The development deficit in Pakistan’s rural semi-arid areas, paralleled by higher investments in urban centres, together lure potential migrants from rural areas to urban settlements. Rural poverty in Pakistan is widespread but more pronounced in arid and semi-arid zones. Study findings indicate that climate change acts in combination with many other socioeconomic determinants of migration. Migratory decisions may be taken to escape from losses in rural incomes, which are variably intensified by climatic stress. The paper analyzes climate-induced internal migration in a developing country that is largely semi-arid and faces development challenges of urbanisation, rural poverty, and associated agricultural decline.application/pdfenRURAL URBAN MIGRATIONSEMI-ARID REGIONSMIGRATIONCLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITYCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONHOTSPOTSPAKISTANSOUTH ASIAWorking Paper