ISBN:
9781315440156
,
9781315440132
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (138 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in environmental migration, displacement and resettlement
Parallel Title:
Land, Victoria van der, 1980 - Migration and environmental change in the West African Sahel
DDC:
304.866
Keywords:
Migrationsökonomie
;
Migrationsforschung
;
Internationale Migration
;
Klimawandel
;
Dürre
;
Sahel
;
Climatic changes Social aspects
;
Capabilities approach (Social sciences)
;
Sustainable development
;
Umweltschaden
;
Klimaänderung
;
Wirkung
;
Auswirkung
;
Lebensbedingungen
;
Internationale Migration
;
Flüchtling
;
Electronic books
;
Capabilities approach (Social sciences) ; Africa, West
;
Climatic changes ; Social aspects ; Sahel
;
Sustainable development ; Sahel
;
Africa, West ; Emigration and immigration
;
Africa, West Emigration and immigration
;
Westafrika
;
Westafrika
;
Sahel
;
Klimaänderung
;
Migration
Abstract:
Introduction: Climate change, environment and migration -- Livelihoods, environmental stress and mobility in Mali and Senegal -- Theoretical perspectives on the environment-migration nexus -- The role of environmental factors in shaping migration -- The migration decision: capabilities matter -- Aspirations for a better life -- Social transformation and its impact on the effects of of climate change on migration -- A migrant typology -- Migration in the "global North" and the "global South". The West African Sahel is predicted to be heavily affected by climate change in the future. Slow-onset environmental changes, such as increasing rainfall variability and rising temperature, are presumed to worsen the livelihood conditions and to increase the out-migration from the affected regions. Based on qualitative and Quantitative data from study areas in Mali and Senegal, this book examines the relationship between population dynamics, livelihoods and environment in the Sahel region, focussing specifically on motives for migration. Critiquing the assumption that environmental stress is the dominating migration driver, the author demonstrates the important role of individual aspirations and social processes, such as educational opportunities and the pull of urban lifestyles. In doing so, the book provides a more nuanced picture of the environment-migration nexus, arguing that slow-onset environmental changes may actually be less important as drivers of migration in the Sahel than they are often depicted in the media and climate change literature. This is a valuable resource for academics and students of environmental sociology, migration and development studies. -- Conclusion and outlook: Rethinking migration and environmental change in the West African Sahel.
DOI:
10.4324/9781315440163
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Permalink
