Descriptive analysis of the individual migratory pathways according to environmental typologies

Population and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 397-422

  Henry, Sabine ^a,b   Piché, Victor ^b   Ouédraogo, Dieudonné ^c   Lambin, Eric F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Desertification; Drought; Environmental refugees; Land degradation; Migration

Indexed keywords

DESERTIFICATION; DROUGHT; LAND DEGRADATION; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 26844498679     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:POEN.0000036929.19001.a4     Document Type: Article

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