Environmental change, adaptation and migration bringing in the region / edited by Felicitas Hillmann, Professor, Technische Universität Berlin and IRS (Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning), Germany, Marie Pahl, Research Associate, University of Cologne, Germany, Birte Rafflenbeul, Research Associate, University of Cologne, Germany, Harald Sterly, Scientific Coordinator, University of Cologne, Germany.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoBasingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Descriptionxx, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects
Climatic changes.
Human geography.
Climatic changes--Social aspects.
Bioclimatology.

Other author/creatorHillmann, Felicitas.
Other author/creatorPahl, Marie.
Other author/creatorRafflenbeul, Birte.
Other author/creatorSterly, Harald.
Other author/creatorHerbeck, Johannes.
Other author/creatorWarner, Koko.
Other author/creatorHoffmaister, Juan.
Other author/creatorMilan, Andrea, 1986-
Other author/creatorDorlöchter-Sulser, Sabine.
Other author/creatorAksakal, Mustafa.
Other author/creatorSchmidt, Kerstin.
Other author/creatorMosuela, Cleovi.
Other author/creatorMatias, Denise Margaret.
Other author/creatorHandayani, Wiwandari.
Other author/creatorKumalasari, Novia Riska.
Other author/creatorGuhaṭhākuratā, Meghanā.
Other author/creatorMallick, Bishawjit.
Other author/creatorSiddiqui, Tamanna.
Other author/creatorDebnath, Priyanka.
Other author/creatorAdaawen, Stephen A.
Other author/creatorTeye, Joseph Kofi.
Other author/creatorOwusu, Kwadwo.
Other author/creatorJarawura, Francis Xavier.
Other author/creatorSmith, Lothar.
Other author/creatorSchraven, Benjamin.
Other author/creatorRademacher-Schultz, Christina.
Contents Introduction: (Re- )locating the Nexus of Migration, Environmental Change and Adaptation / Felicitas Hillmann, Marie Pahl, Birte Rafflenbeul and Harald Sterly -- Part I -- Framing the debate -- Climate Mobilities from a Human Geography Perspective: Considering the Spatial Dimensions of Climate Change / Johannes Herbeck -- Human Mobility and Adaptation: Reducing Susceptibility to Climatic Stressors and Mainstreaming / Koko Warner, Juan Hoffmaister and Andrea Milan -- Part II -- Understanding regional vulnerabilities -- "Migration as Adaptation": New Perspective for Migration Research or Dead-End? / Sabine Dorlöchter-Sulser -- Migration and Social Protection as Adaptation in Response to Climate-Related Stressors: The Case of Zacatecas in Mexico / Mustafa Aksakal, Kerstin Schmidt -- The Role of A Priori Cross-Border Migration after Extreme Climate Events: The Case of the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan / Cleovi Mosuela, Denise Margaret Matias -- Migration as Future Adaptive Capacity: The Case of Java -- Indonesia / Wiwandari Handayani, Novia Riska Kumalasari -- Part III -- Extreme Regional Situations: Bangladesh -- Indigenous Women's Migration to Cities: Root Causes, Coping Mechanisms and Gendered Transformations / Meghna Guhathakurta -- Disaster-Induced Migration and Adaptation Discourse in Bangladesh / Bishawjit Mallick, Tamanna Siddiqui -- Climate Change-Induced Migration and Post-Disaster Remittance Responses through a Gender Lens / Priyanka Debnath -- Part IV -- Extreme Regional Situations: Ghana -- Changing Reproductive Behaviour and Migration in Response to Environmental Change: Evidence from Rural Northern Ghana / Stephen A. Adaawen -- Dealing with Climate Change in the Coastal Savannah Zone of Ghana: In Situ Adaptation Strategies and Migration / Joseph Kofi Teye, Kwadwo Owusu -- Finding the Right Path: Climate Change and Migration in Northern Ghana / Francis Xavier Jarawura, Lothar Smith -- Beyond Adaptation? The Changing Nature of Seasonal Migration in Northern Ghana in the Context of Climate Change, Agricultural Decline and Food Insecurity / Benjamin Schraven, Christina Rademacher-Schulz -- Part V -- Bringing Things Together: Conclusions -- Conclusion: Linking Migration, Environmental Change and Adaptation -- Lessons Learnt / Felicitas Hillmann, Marie Pahl, Birte Rafflenbeul, Harald Sterly.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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LCCN 2015302840
ISBN9781137538901
ISBN1137538902

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