Migration as an Adaptation to Climate Change

McLeman, Robert; Smit, Barry

doi:10.1007/s10584-005-9000-7

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“…Livelihood diversification and coping strategies are recognised as separate activities (Ellis 1998), yet diversification can improve coping opportunities (McLeman and Smit 2006). Whilst households with diverse long-term livelihood strategies are known to be better positioned to offset climate risk than those who rely on non-farm work as short-term coping strategies (Cunguara et al 2011), this success depends on existing customary livelihoods.…”

Section: Diversification Driversmentioning

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Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change

Berman

Quinn

Paavola

2014

Climate and Development

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This paper investigates what drives household coping strategies in rural Uganda under different climatic hazards. Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa draw on various coping strategies to reduce the impact of climatic hazards on their livelihoods. Research to date provides only limited understanding of how the coping strategy portfolio of changes depending on the climatic stress. Using empirical data from Uganda, this research contributes to this gap by 1) exploring how household coping strategy relates to household characteristics and livelihood activity;and 2) how these coping strategies vary depending on the hazard. Coping strategy is found to be hazard specific for households that lack market-orientated activities, whereas those with marketaccess rely on economic activities regardless of hazard. The implications that choice of coping strategy has on future adaptation are discussed. To maintain and improve the livelihoods and coping strategies of those most vulnerable to climatic variability and change, policies that advocate diversification away from a sole reliance on customary activities need to recognise the level and opportunity for market-based activities. These interventions must account for different sensitivities to different hazards as well as the homogeneity of the community in order to effectively support rural communities to cope with climate variability.

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Section: Diversification Driversmentioning

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Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change

Berman

Quinn

Paavola

2014

Climate and Development

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“…Because young people are most likely to leave, the remaining family members (mostly women, the elderly, and children) might experience higher vulnerability to extreme natural events. While migration can be considered a coping mechanism that reduces the long-term vulnerability (Black et al 2013;McLeman and Smit 2006), we find that migration is associated with greater risk of loss following a natural hazard.…”

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Unravelling the association between the impact of natural hazards and household poverty: evidence from the Indian Sundarban delta

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more vulnerable to future risk. The results further suggest that salinization, tidal surge, erosion, and household location are also significant predictors of economic and human losses. Given the current and projected impact of climate change and importance of delta regions as the world's food baskets, poverty reduction and increase societal resilience should be a primary pathway to strengthen the resilience of the poorest populations inhabiting deltas.

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“…The latter term has been a matter of debate recently, as mass migration is for many an expected consequence of global warming (e.g. El Hinnawi, 1985;Perch-Nielsen et al, 2008;McLeman and Smit, 2006). Still, it does not easily apply to historical contexts, nor does the term "forced migration" that has been connected with climate change migration.…”

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The Irish famine of 1740–1741: famine vulnerability and "climate migration"

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Abstract. The "Great Frost" of 1740 was one of the coldest winters of the eighteenth century and impacted many countries all over Europe. The years 1740–1741 have long been known as a period of general crisis caused by harvest failures, high prices for staple foods, and excess mortality. Vulnerabilities, coping capacities and adaptation processes varied considerably among different countries. This paper investigates the famine of 1740–1741 in Ireland applying a multi-indicator model developed specifically for the integration of an analysis of pre-famine vulnerability, the Famine Vulnerability Analysis Model (FVAM). Our focus is on Ireland, because famine has played a more outstanding role in Irish national history than in any other European country, due to the "Great Famine" of 1845–1852 and its long-term demographic effects. Our analysis shows that Ireland was already particularly vulnerable to famine in the first half of the eighteenth century. During and after the experience of hardship in 1740–1741, many Irish moved within Ireland or left the country entirely. We regard migration as a form of adaptation and argue that Irish migration in 1740–1741 should be considered as a case of climate-induced migration.

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Migration as an Adaptation to Climate Change

Cited by 618 publications

References 69 publications

Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change

Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change

Unravelling the association between the impact of natural hazards and household poverty: evidence from the Indian Sundarban delta

The Irish famine of 1740–1741: famine vulnerability and "climate migration"

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Cited by 618 publications

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Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change

Identifying drivers of household coping strategies to multiple climatic hazards in Western Uganda: implications for adapting to future climate change

Unravelling the association between the impact of natural hazards and household poverty: evidence from the Indian Sundarban delta

The Irish famine of 1740–1741: famine vulnerability and &quot;climate migration&quot;

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