Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Migration

Written by Clionadh Raleigh, Lisa Jordan & Idean Salehyan | 26 October 11

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Climate change is expected to bring about significant changes in migration patterns throughout the developing world. Increases in the frequency and severity of chronic environmental hazards and sudden onset disasters are projected to alter the typical migration patterns of communities and entire countries. This paper examines evidence for such claims and roundly concludes that large scale community relocation due to either chronic or sudden onset hazards is and continues to be an unlikely response. We propose an alternate framework through which to examine the likely consequences of increased hazards.

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Publisher	The World Bank Group
Year of publication	2008
External Link	http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTSOCIALDEVELOPMENT/Resources/SDCCWorkingPaper_MigrationandConflict.pdf
Online	Yes