| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jane McAdam -- Climate change-induced mobility and the existing migration regime in Asia and the Pacific / Graeme Hugo -- Migration as adaptation : opportunities and limits / Jon Barnett and Michael Webber -- Climate-induced community relocation in the Pacific : the meaning and importance of land / John Campbell -- Conceptualising climate-induced displacement / Walter Kalin -- Disappearing states, statelessness and the boundaries of international law / Jane McAdam -- Protecting people displaced by climate change : some conceptual challenges / Roger Zetter -- International ethical responsibilities to climate change refugees / Peter Penz -- Climate migration and climate migrants : what threat, whose security? / Lorraine Elliott -- Climate-related displacement : health risks and responses / Anthony J McMichael, Celia E McMichael, Helen L Berry and Kathryn Bowen -- Climate change, human movement and the promotion of mental health : what have we learnt from earlier global stressors? / Maryanne Loughry -- Afterword : What now? : climate-induced displacement after Copenhagen / Stephen Castles |
| Summary |
Environmental migration is not new. Nevertheless, the events and processes accompanying global climate change threaten to increase human movement both within states and across international borders. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change has predicted an increased frequency and severity of climate events such as storms, cyclones and hurricanes, as well as longer-term sea level rise and desertification, which will impact upon people's ability to survive in certain parts of the world. This book brings together a variety of disciplinary perspectives on the phenomenon of climate-induced di |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Environmental refugees.
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Forced migration.
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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Changement climatique.
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Aspects sociaux.
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Migration forcée.
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Protection de l'environnement.
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Climatic changes -- Social aspects
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Environmental refugees
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Forced migration
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McAdam, Jane, 1974-
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| ISBN |
9781847316004 |
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184731600X |
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1472565215 |
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9781472565211 |
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1283017075 |
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9781283017077 |
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9786613017079 |
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6613017078 |
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