Environmental Change, Adaptation and Migration [electronic resource] : Bringing in the Region /
Hillmann, Felicitas.author.
Pahl, Marie.author.
Rafflenbeul, Birte.author.
Sterly, Harald.author.
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.
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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
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
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
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
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
Niharika Sangma: Losing family and finding social capital
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Sustainable development.
Emigration and immigration.
Industrial management—Environmental aspects.
Environmental policy.
Sustainable Development.
Migration.
Sustainability Management.
Environmental Politics.