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Migration, environment and climate change : assessing the evidence / edited by Frank Laczko and Christine Aghazarm.

Contributor(s): Laczko, Frank, 1957- | Aghazarm, Christine | International Organization for Migration | United Nations University. Institute for Environment and Human SecurityMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Geneva : International Organization for Migration, 2009. Description: 441 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9789290684541; 9290684542Subject(s): Climatic changes | Emigration and immigration -- Environmental aspectsDDC classification: 304.8 Available also on the Internet.
Contents:
Ch. I: Introduction and Overview: Enhancing the knowledge base -- Ch. II: Challenges and approaches to measuring the migration-environment nexus -- Ch. III: Collecting data on the migration-environment nexus -- Ch. IV: Researching environmental change and migration: evaluation of EACH-FOR methodology and application in 23 case studies worldwide -- Ch. V: Migration and natural disasters -- Ch. VI: Migration and slow-onset disasters: desertification and drought -- Ch. VII: Managing environmentally induced migration.
Summary: "The main purpose of this ... book is to suggest concrete ways in which the international community can begin to address the huge gaps in ... knowledge relating to the likely impact of climate change on migration. The book does this by taking stock of the existing evidence on the effects of climate change and environmental degradation on migration, providing a comprehensive overview of the findings of recent research studies.Throughout, [the] focus is centred on how research can best inform policy and provide the evidence which decision-makers will need in the future to plan for and respond to environmentally induced migration." --foreword.
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Books Books Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre Library
General Reading Room 		304.8 MIG 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 109635

"International Organization for Migration, in collaboration with Institute for Environment and Human Security, United Nations University"

Includes bibliographical references.

Ch. I: Introduction and Overview: Enhancing the knowledge base -- Ch. II: Challenges and approaches to measuring the migration-environment nexus -- Ch. III: Collecting data on the migration-environment nexus -- Ch. IV: Researching environmental change and migration: evaluation of EACH-FOR methodology and application in 23 case studies worldwide -- Ch. V: Migration and natural disasters -- Ch. VI: Migration and slow-onset disasters: desertification and drought -- Ch. VII: Managing environmentally induced migration.

"The main purpose of this ... book is to suggest concrete ways in which the international community can begin to address the huge gaps in ... knowledge relating to the likely impact of climate change on migration. The book does this by taking stock of the existing evidence on the effects of climate change and environmental degradation on migration, providing a comprehensive overview of the findings of recent research studies.Throughout, [the] focus is centred on how research can best inform policy and provide the evidence which decision-makers will need in the future to plan for and respond to environmentally induced migration." --foreword.

Available also on the Internet.

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