Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Migration: Review of the Literature for Five Arab Countries

Wodon, Quentin; Burger, Nicholas; Grant, Audra K.; Joseph, George; Liverani, Andrea; Tkacheva, Olesya

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6985-4_5

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“…First, in the 17 studies using a qualitative approach, migration is captured by explicitly selecting migrants or persons with migration experience as well as relevant informants (e.g., left-behind household members) as a subject of interview (e.g., Afifi, Sakdapolrak, and Warner 2012;Bleibaum 2008;Carr 2005;Dreier and Sow 2015;Wodon et al 2014). The degree of specification with regard to migration-related demographic background of the interviewees varies highly.…”

Section: Characterisation Of the Migration Componentmentioning

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Migration influenced by environmental change in Africa: A systematic review of empirical evidence

Borderon¹,

Sakdapolrak²,

Muttarak³

et al. 2019

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108

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BACKGROUND Despite an increase in scholarly and policy interest regarding the impacts of environmental change on migration, empirical knowledge in the field remains varied, patchy, and limited. Generalised discourse on environmental migration frequently oversimplifies the complex channels through which environmental change influences the migration process. OBJECTIVE This paper aims to systematise the existing empirical evidence on migration influenced by environmental change with a focus on Africa, the continent most vulnerable to climate change. METHODS

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Section: Characterisation Of the Migration Componentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration influenced by environmental change in Africa: A systematic review of empirical evidence

Borderon¹,

Sakdapolrak²,

Muttarak³

et al. 2019

DemRes

108

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“…Adverse climate changes such as heat waves, droughts, and floods will have the strongest impacts on rural livelihoods that depend heavily on natural resources and the agricultural sector (Boyd and Ibarraran 2009; Wodon et al 2014). In the face of livelihood insecurity, households may modify their mobility patterns in contrasting ways.…”

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“…In response to fears of massive climate-related migration, especially from poor developing countries to rich industrialized nations (Myers 2002; Stern 2007), an increasing amount of quantitative research on the topic has recently emerged (Hunter et al 2015; Ward and Shively 2015; Wodon et al 2014). Despite the burgeoning research efforts, many questions remain unanswered.…”

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Climate, migration, and the local food security context: introducing Terra Populus

2016

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Studies investigating the connection between environmental factors and migration are difficult to execute because they require the integration of microdata and spatial information. In this article, we introduce the novel, publically available data extraction system Terra Populus (TerraPop), which was designed to facilitate population-environment studies. We showcase the use of TerraPop by exploring variations in the climate-migration association in Burkina Faso and Senegal based on differences in the local food security context. Food security was approximated using anthropometric indicators of child stunting and wasting derived from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and linked to the TerraPop extract of climate and migration information. We find that an increase in heat waves was associated with a decrease in international migration from Burkina Faso, while excessive precipitation increased international moves from Senegal. Significant interactions reveal that the adverse effects of heat waves and droughts are strongly amplified in highly food insecure Senegalese departments.

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“…Research from Wodon et al (2014) shows that although climate change is not the main driver of migration in Morocco, it does seem to contribute to itand worsened climatic conditions are likely to aggravate future migration flows. Furthermore, there are three specific related issues: the impact of weather shifts on migration, the impact of perceptions of recent climate change on migration, the impact of climate patterns on migration (Wodon et al 2014). Environmental factors therefore put all other migration reasons under pressure, yet little empirical research has been done into the ways in which they respond to each other.…”

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“…In the second part of this chapter, we discuss current and future environmental/climate changes in Morocco that may give rise to migration. Morocco's inhabitants are already experiencing deteriorating environmental conditions and shocks that could endanger their livelihoods, which can create migration movement (Wodon et al 2014). Finally, in the third part, we discuss the adaptation strategies implemented by the Moroccan government and local or international organizations to better respond to and prepare for (future) environmental changes within Morocco.…”

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Environmental Change and Migration in Morocco: What Has Been Done So Far?

Praag

Ou‐Salah

Hut

et al. 2021

IMISCOE Research Series

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Before we delve further into the relationship between migration and environmental change, it is important to gain more insight into the migration history of Moroccans going abroad and the specific environmental changes faced by people in Morocco. Therefore, in the first part of this chapter, we outline the history of Moroccan migration to Europe in general and to Belgium in particular. Morocco provides an interesting case of study with regard to environmental migration, as in the second half of the twentieth century, Morocco evolved into one of the world’s leading emigration countries. Moroccan migration is one of the unexpected outcomes in which colonial migration, labour migration, family reunification, and, most recently, undocumented migration combine. Hence, there is a high degree of internal differentiation and dynamics within the migrant population of Morocco (De Haas 2007).

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Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Migration: Review of the Literature for Five Arab Countries

Cited by 15 publications

References 28 publications

Migration influenced by environmental change in Africa: A systematic review of empirical evidence

Migration influenced by environmental change in Africa: A systematic review of empirical evidence

Climate, migration, and the local food security context: introducing Terra Populus

Environmental Change and Migration in Morocco: What Has Been Done So Far?

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