Environmental change and migration in Sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Global Warming

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-47

  Grote, Ulrike ^a   Warner, Koko ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

environmental degradation; migration; natural disasters; SSA; Sub Saharan Africa; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957104251     PISSN: 17582083     EISSN: 17582091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2010.032193     Document Type: Article

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