From "Primitive Migration" to "Climate Refugees": The Curious Fate of the Natural Environment in Migration Studies

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-162

  Piguet, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

climate change; environment; environmental migration; migration theory; refugees

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; REFUGEE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84870894364     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2012.696233     Document Type: Article

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