dc.contributor.author | Szabo, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Adger, WN | |
dc.contributor.author | Matthews, Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-30T09:37:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-01-04 | |
dc.description.abstract | The dominant movement of people in the mega-deltas of Asia is from agriculturedominated
rural areas to urban settlements, driven by growing opportunities, but resulting in
new human development challenges. In this context, the present study aims to investigate
whether remittance income leads to enhanced multiple dimensions of well-being in sending
areas in tropical deltas, by focusing on two delta regions with significant out-migration rates,
Bangladeshi Ganges Brahmaputra and the Vietnamese Mekong deltas. To this end, the paper
offers an original conceptual framework, drawing on existing migration theories and the
aspirations and capabilities theoretical framework (Haas et al., 2011). Data from large scale
sample household surveys (2010 Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure Survey and
2012 Vietnam Living Standards Survey) are analysed through multilevel regression modelling
to examine well-being outcomes in sending areas and links to remittance income. The results
show that the temporal extent of internal and international migration is positively associated
with remittances in both delta regions. The results also suggest that in both delta regions
remittances have a significant positive effect on household well-being in the source rural
areas, including overall income, investments in health, food security and access to sanitation.
The study concludes that landscapes of urban and rural deltas are increasingly economically
integrated which suggests greater resilience even for environmentally-at-risk tropical deltas. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the ESPA Deltas project (grant number NE/J002755/1) and the Belmont
Forum DELTAS project (grant number NE/L008726/1). The Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation
(ESPA) programme is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), the
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 7, pp. 163 - 179 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/21632324.2017.1374506 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/32642 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2018 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,
provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. | en_GB |
dc.subject | migration | en_GB |
dc.subject | remittances | en_GB |
dc.subject | human well-being | en_GB |
dc.subject | delta regions | en_GB |
dc.subject | sustainable deltas | en_GB |
dc.title | Home is where the money goes: migration-related urban-rural integration in delta regions | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-30T09:37:31Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2163-2324 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Migration and Development | en_GB |