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On the Regional Rootedness of Population Mobility and Environmental Change
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Abstract "This article argues that the interplay of changing environmental conditions in the wake of climate change and dynamic migration systems will lead to even more clearly articulated new regional formations. The way regions perceive the risks of climate change, how they cope with and adapt to these ris... view more
"This article argues that the interplay of changing environmental conditions in the wake of climate change and dynamic migration systems will lead to even more clearly articulated new regional formations. The way regions perceive the risks of climate change, how they cope with and adapt to these risks and their constitution as resilient entities determines the way migration and mobility take place. We focus on the regional dimensions of climate change and broader related developmental trends such as urbanisation and will highlight this nexus for coastal regions. We present two regional case studies, Keta in Ghana and Semarang in Indonesia. Both cities have experienced floods and related environmental risks throughout their histories. The contrasting analysis of the two cases illustrates that similar environmental challenges may have very different effects on the migratory patterns." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
climate change; environmental factors; regional development; urbanization; coastal region; vulnerability; migration; regional mobility; Ghana; West Africa; Indonesia; Southeast Asia; developing country
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 25-54
Journal
Comparative Population Studies - Zeitschrift für Bevölkerungswissenschaft, 42 (2017)
ISSN
1869-8999
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed