Global environmental change and migration: Governance challenges

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 402-413

  Warner, Koko ^a  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate adaptation; Complexity; Environmentally induced migration; Governance; Resilience

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FORCED MIGRATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

EGYPT; MOZAMBIQUE; VIET NAM;

EID: 77954818596     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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