Disaster-induced migration: Assessing the impact of extreme weather events on livelihoods

Environmental Hazards

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-111

  Krishnamurthy, Prasanna Krishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Climate change; Disasters; Extreme weather events; Livelihood security; Migration; Migration policy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTREME EVENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MIGRATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY APPROACH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 84862873132     PISSN: 17477891     EISSN: 18780059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2011.609879     Document Type: Conference Paper

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