ISBN:
9781137538901
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (320 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version Environmental Change, Adaptation and Migration : Bringing in the Region
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
The contributors present empirical and theoretical insights on current debates on environmental change, adaptation and migration. While focusing on countries subject to environmental degradation, it calls for a regional perspective that recognises local actors and a systematic link between development studies and migration research
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: (Re-)locating the Nexus of Migration, Environmental Change and Adaptation; Three pitfalls under consideration: Disasters only, blurred terminologies and jumping scales; Adaptation and resilience in the context of climate change; The social, the temporal and the spatial through a regional lens; Preview of the presented chapters; Part I: Framing the Debate; 1 Climate Mobilities from a Human Geography Perspective: Considering the Spatial Dimensions of Climate Change
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Climate change - Between global trend and local manifestationPlaces and regions - Central spatial categories in climate change research; Imaginative geographies of climate mobilities; Climate mobilities in a spatial perspective - Translocality as a conceptual loophole?; 2 Human Mobility and Adaptation: Reducing Susceptibility to Climatic Stressors and Mainstreaming; Introduction; Understanding human mobility as a climate risk management strategy; The key to knowing whether migration contributes to or undermines human welfare
Description / Table of Contents:
Mainstreaming human mobility in decision-making and implementation of adaptationChallenges and reflections for mainstreaming human mobility within adaptation policies; Conclusions; Part II: Understanding Regional Vulnerabilities; 3 "Migration as Adaptation": New Perspective for Migration Research or Dead-End?; Introduction; The adaptation concept; Migration in the Sahel and the case-study characteristics; Research methodology; Research results; Conclusions; 4 Migration and Social Protection as Adaptation in Response to Climate-Related Stressors: The Case of Zacatecas in Mexico; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Approaches to the climate change-migration nexusThe role of cross-border activities for informal social protection; Formal social protection measures; The case of Zacatecas; Conclusion; 5 The Role of A Priori Cross-Border Migration after Extreme Climate Events: The Case of the Philippines after TyphoonHaiyan; Introduction: The Philippine Islands and its climate vulnerability profile; Typhoon Haiyan and other typhoons in the Philippines; Methodology; Results and discussion; Discussion; Conclusion; 6 Migration as Future Adaptive Capacity: The Case of Java - Indonesia; Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
Urbanisation in Java: Undue development?Environmental change and adaptation strategies in Java: Is it an issue which leads to migration?; Some findings and policy challenges; Part III: Extreme Regional Situations: Bangladesh; 7 Indigenous Women's Migration to Cities: Root Causes, Coping Mechanisms and Gendered Transformations; Introduction; The regional context; Socio-economic context of the region; Political context; Ethnic migration to cities; Methodology of the study; Characteristics of the sample population; Observations; Analysis of findings; Shoma Chakma: A story of determination
Description / Table of Contents:
Niharika Sangma: Losing family and finding social capital
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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