Migration and Climate Change, first published in 2011, provides an authoritative overview of the relationship between climate change and migration. It brings together both case studies and syntheses from different parts of the world and critically discusses empirical evidence, methodological challenges, conceptual gaps, policy responses, and normative issues. The book constitutes a unique and thorough introduction to one of the most discussed but least understood consequences of climate change and brings together experts from a wide range of disciplines, including anthropology, climatology, demography, geography, law, political science and sociology.
• Offers a balanced synthesis of scientific knowledge about one of the most discussed human consequences of climate change, appealing to those who want to go beyond headlines and sensational reports about the consequences of climate change • Leading experts from climatology, geography, economics, sociology, political science, anthropology and law provide authoritative synthesis of research and debates • The introduction provides a comprehensive overview of the main scientific debates and empirical results concerning migration and environmental change
Contents
1. Introduction: migration and climate change Etienne Piguet, Antoine Pécoud and Paul de Guchteneire; Part I. Evidence on the Migration-Climate Change Relationship: 2. The main climate change forecasts that might cause human displacements Martine Rebetez; 3. Climate change, migration and health in Brazil Alisson Flávio Barbieri and Ulisses E. C. Confalonieri; 4. Environmental degradation and out-migration: evidence from Nepal Pratikshya Bohra-Mishra and Douglas S. Massey; 5. Refusing 'refugee' in the Pacific: (de)constructing climate-induced displacement in international law Jane McAdam; 6. Critical views on the relationship between climate change and migration: some insights from the experience of Bangladesh Allan Findlay and Alistair Geddes; 7. Sea level rise, local vulnerability and involuntary migration Anthony Oliver-Smith; 8. Environmental change and forced migration scenarios: methods and findings from the Nile Delta, Sahel and Meking Delta Koko Warner, Alex de Sherbinin, Charles Erhart, Susana Adamo and Tricia Chai-Onn; Part II. Policy Responses, Normative Issues and Critical Perspectives: 9. Research and policy interactions in the birth of the 'environmental migration' concept François Gemenne; 10. Lessons from past forced resettlement for climate change migration Graeme Hugo; 11. Climate change and internal displacement: challenges to the normative framework Khalid Koser; 12. Displacement, climate change and gender Lori M. Hunter and Emmanuel David; 13. Drought, desertification and migration: past experiences, predicted impacts and human rights issues Michelle Leighton; 14. The protection of 'environmental refugees' in international law Christel Cournil; 15. 'Environmental refugees': aspects of international state responsibility Astrid Epiney; 16. Concluding remarks on the climate change-migration nexus Stephen Castles.
Review
'This edited volume brings together some of the leading authors working on the relationship between climate-driven environmental change and human mobility. In so doing, it presents a comprehensive overview of a body of knowledge which, until now, has remained fragmented and debated.' James Morrissey, Journal of Refugee Studies
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