dc.contributor.author | Adger, W. Neil | |
dc.contributor.author | Arnell, NW | |
dc.contributor.author | Black, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Dercon, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Geddes, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Thomas, DSG | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-28T16:20:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-06-16 | |
dc.description.abstract | Environmental change poses risks to societies, including disrupting social and economic systems such as migration. At the same time, migration is an effective adaptation to environmental and other risks. We review novel science on interactions between migration, environmental risks and climate change. We highlight emergent findings, including how dominant flows of rural to urban migration mean that populations are exposed to new risks within destination areas and the requirement for urban sustainability. We highlight the issue of lack of mobility as a major issue limiting the effectiveness of migration as an adaptation strategy and leading to potentially trapped populations. The paper presents scenarios of future migration that show both displacement and trapped populations over the incoming decades. Papers in the special issue bring new insights from demography, human geography, political science and environmental science to this emerging field. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Environmental Research Letters, 2015, Vol. 10, Issue 6 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/060201 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/19419 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Institute of Physics Publishing | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2015 IOP Publishing Ltd. Content from this work may be used under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the title of the work, journal citation and DOI. | en_GB |
dc.subject | adaptation | en_GB |
dc.subject | environmental change | en_GB |
dc.subject | governance | en_GB |
dc.subject | migration | en_GB |
dc.title | Focus on environmental risks and migration: Causes and consequences | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-28T16:20:26Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1748-9318 | |
dc.description | This is a freely-available open access publication. Please cite the published version which is available via the DOI link in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Environmental Research Letters | en_GB |