Human migration and the environment

Adamo, Susana B.; Izazola, Haydea

doi:10.1007/s11111-010-0130-0

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“…Subjectivities related to environmental perceptions and their role in migration are also areas of potential sociological contribution (Adamo & Izazola 2010). Migration-environment research offers important opportunities for advancements in sociological theorizing through extensions to a variety of frameworks including world systems theory (Sassen 2011) and ideas of the conjoint constitution of social and natural phenomena (Freudenburg et al 1995).…”

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Environmental Dimensions of Migration

2015

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Research on the environmental dimensions of human migration has made important strides in recent years. However, findings have been spread across multiple disciplines with wide ranging methodologies and limited theoretical development. This article reviews key findings of the field and identifies future directions for sociological research. We contend that the field has moved beyond linear environmental “push” theories towards a greater integration of context, including micro-, meso-, and macro-level interactions. We highlight findings that migration is often a household strategy to diversify risk (NELM), interacting with household composition, individual characteristics, social networks, and historical, political and economic contexts. We highlight promising developments in the field, including the recognition that migration is a long-standing form of environmental adaptation and yet only one among many forms of adaptation. Finally, we argue that sociologists could contribute significantly to migration-environment inquiry through attention to issues of inequality, perceptions, and agency vis-à-vis structure.

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Environmental Dimensions of Migration

2015

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“…Rural farmers and livestock keepers in developing countries make migration decisions as part of complex livelihood strategies. Recent scholarship advances our understanding of migration in and around natural resource and biodiversity areas specifically (Scholte andde Groot 2010, Hoffman et al 2011), and in the context of changing climate and environments more generally (Adamo and Izazola 2010, Black et al 2011, Adger et al 2015. Conceptual models predict migration behavior from how environmental change differentially shapes household livelihoods (e.g., Black et al 2011).…”

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Migrant decision-making in a frontier landscape

Salerno

2016

Environ. Res. Lett.

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Across the tropics, rural farmers and livestock keepers use mobility as an adaptive livelihood strategy. Continued migration to and within frontier areas is widely viewed as a driver of environmental decline and biodiversity loss. Recent scholarship advances our understanding of migration decision-making in the context of changing climate and environments, and in doing so it highlights the variation in migration responses to primarily economic and environmental factors. Building on these insights, this letter investigates past and future migration decisions in a frontier landscape of Tanzania, East Africa. Combining field observations and household data within a multilevel modeling framework, the letter analyzes the explicit importance of social factors relative to economic and environmental factors in driving decisions to migrate or remain. Results indeed suggest that local community ties and non-local social networks drive both immobility and anticipated migration, respectively. In addition, positive interactions with local protected natural resource areas promote longer-term residence. Findings shed new light on how frontier areas transition to human dominated landscapes. This highlights critical links between migration behavior and the conservation of biodiversity and management of natural resources, as well as how migrants evolve to become integrated into communities.

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“…The study of linkages between climate change and migration constitutes on-going research [28][29][30][31][32]. The relationship between migration and environment usually starts with linkages between population processes and environmental change, often with an emphasis on migration caused by environmental change.…”

Section: Migration and Climate Changementioning

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Water, Livelihoods, and Migration in SIDS: Climate Change and Future Prospects for Carriacou, West Indies

Cashman¹,

Yawson

2019

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Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are among the most vulnerable to climate change, which will have a disproportionate impact on local environments and economies. Whilst there is a growing literature on how Caribbean SIDS can adapt to become more resilient, an issue that has received little attention is with regard to migration as an unplanned response. It is recognised that events such as hurricanes and flooding can lead to internal relocation in the short term, but societal responses to droughts through migration have not generally been investigated. This paper seeks to address this by considering the case of the island of Carriacou, part of the state of Grenada. Carriacou, with its small population, limited land area, and local economy historically based on agriculture, has had a high degree of migration. This is in part a response to limited economic opportunities. Environmental stress, manifest through limited water availability, inappropriate land management, and social conditions, is likely to be exacerbated by climate change and variability. Resultant increases in the frequency and intensity of droughts, in the absence of proactive interventions, are likely to result in non-linear migration, both to Grenada itself and beyond.

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Human migration and the environment

Cited by 42 publications

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Environmental Dimensions of Migration

Environmental Dimensions of Migration

Migrant decision-making in a frontier landscape

Water, Livelihoods, and Migration in SIDS: Climate Change and Future Prospects for Carriacou, West Indies

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