| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Environmental Conflicts, Migration and Governance -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Acronyms -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Environmental and Resource-Related Conflicts, Migration and Governance -- The analytical focus of the book -- Contributions to the state of the art -- Structure of the book -- References -- 2 Renewable Resource Scarcity, Conflicts and Migration -- Introduction -- Resource scarcity and violent conflict: theoretical perspectives -- Resource scarcity and violent conflict: empirical insights |
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From environmental conflicts to migration? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Extractive Resources, Conflicts and Migration -- Introduction -- Scarcity of renewable resources, or scarcity of governance? -- Extractive economies and small- and large-scale migration -- Looting, shooting and uprooting -- Extraction, predation, stagnation and exit -- Conclusion: what can be done? -- Notes -- References -- 4 Climate Change, Conflicts and Migration -- Introduction -- Study context -- The climate and conflict nexus: empirical insights |
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Climate and migration: nuances in and current state of research -- Somalia's political situation: background -- Environmental conflict leading to economic and humanitarian crisis? -- Disruptive actors: al-Shabaab and other actors of conflict -- Conflict and displacement in recent years -- Discussion and conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 The Individual Level: Selection Effects -- Introduction -- Migration caused by sudden-onset environmental changes (disasters) -- Migration caused by managed-onset environmental changes (destruction) |
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Migration caused by slow-onset environmental changes (degradation) -- Governance and environmental migration: dystopia rising? -- References -- 6 The Individual Level: Sorting Effects -- Introduction -- Theoretical foundations of migrant sorting -- Empirical approaches to migrant sorting -- Migrant sorting and environmental conflict -- Migration governance as a factor in migrant sorting and its consequences -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Migration Governance at the State Level: Policy Developments and Effects -- Introduction -- How migration policies developed |
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How migration policies affect migration flows -- Conclusion -- Annex -- Note -- References -- 8 Environmental Migration Governance at the Regional Level -- Introduction -- The role of regions in migration governance -- Drivers of regional approaches -- Regional instruments for the governance of (environmentally induced) migration: the Latin American approach -- National-level developments -- Regional responses -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 9 Migration Governance at the Global Level: Intergovernmental Organizations and Environmental Change-Induced Migration |
| Summary |
A key driver of migration is environmental conflict, and this is only likely to increase with the effects of climate change. This urgent book responds to this and provides invaluable insights into urgent questions surrounding migration, climate change and conflict that will be of relevance to researchers across social science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Proquest, viewed June 8, 2021) |
| Subject |
Emigration and immigration -- Environmental aspects
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Globalization -- Environmental aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
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Emigration and immigration -- Environmental aspects
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Globalization -- Environmental aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Krieger, Tim, editor.
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Panke, Diana, editor.
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Pregernig, Michael, 1968- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781529202175 |
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1529202175 |
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9781529209594 |
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1529209595 |
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