The search for safety: The effects of conflict, poverty and ecological influences on migration in the developing world

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Raleigh, Clionadh ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Conflict; Coping mechanisms; Development; Environmental pressures; Migration

Indexed keywords

CIVIL WAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COPING STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; ISOLATED POPULATION; MIGRATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SUSTAINABILITY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 82255175698     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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