The evolution and impacts of Graeme Hugo’s environmental migration research

Gamlen, Alan; Bardsley, Douglas K.; Wall, Janet

doi:10.1007/s11111-018-0298-2

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“…Regarding environmental migration, economic conditions are identified as one of the five key drivers determining migration decisions ( Black et al, 2011 ). Migration is one key instrument for improving economic conditions ( Bardsley & Hugo, 2010 ; Gamlen et al, 2018 ). Thus, it is expected that people facing hazards that threaten their livelihood would be likelier to choose migration, while economically solvent people will stay put.…”

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How do migration decisions and drivers differ against extreme environmental events?

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Carrico

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Environmental Hazards

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Migration is often understood to be a livelihood strategy to cope with the effects of environmental threats and climate change. Yet, the extent to which migration decisions differ due to the type, severity, and frequency of environmental events has been little explored. This paper employs household surveys in southwestern Bangladesh to explore this research gap. A multinominal regression model is used to simulate reported future migration decisions (200 sample households) in the context of both rapid-onset (i.e. cyclone and flood) and slow-onset (salinity, siltation, and riverbank erosion) environmental phenomena. Results show: i) previous disaster experience and increasing conflict in the community motivate migration in the near future in the context of slow-onset phenomena (salinity); (ii) economic strength and self-efficacy increase non-migration intention in both contexts of sudden and slow-onset events; and (iii) the extent and pattern of these influences on migration differ across demographics, including education, religion, and age. Importantly, this analysis shows that the relationship between migration decisions and the type, severity, and frequency of environmental events is influenced by socioeconomic conditions. Therefore, this research supports future adaptation planning specifically tailored to the type and exposure of extreme environmental events.

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How do migration decisions and drivers differ against extreme environmental events?

Mallick

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Carrico

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Environmental Hazards

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Analytical Grid: Territory and Human Rights

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2022

Climate Displacement in Mexico

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Mapping the Future of Migration and Climate Change Science

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Chen

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International Migration Review

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The scholarship on migration and climate change has been rapidly developed over recent decades, moving away from apocalyptic predictions of mass displacement toward more nuanced modeling of the complex relationships between climate change and migration. Unfortunately, much of that development has happened in parallel to the core of migration studies and thus our prevailing migration theories do not reflect these emerging studies of climate and migration. Our objectives for this article are to describe the general theoretical assertions made in the climate change-migration literature and propose a theoretical framework for guiding empirical investigations into the ways that climate change drives human migration, identifying the mediating variables that more directly shape migration and integrating multiple levels of analyses. We provide an example of how our theoretical framework can be used to design an analytic strategy and conclude by suggesting how future research can use this conceptual model to move toward a cohesive theory of climate-related migration and resulting policy responses.

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The evolution and impacts of Graeme Hugo’s environmental migration research

Cited by 3 publications

References 40 publications

How do migration decisions and drivers differ against extreme environmental events?

How do migration decisions and drivers differ against extreme environmental events?

Analytical Grid: Territory and Human Rights

Mapping the Future of Migration and Climate Change Science

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