Basket weaving and social weaving: Young Ghanaian artisans' mobilization of resources through mobility in times of climate change

Geoforum

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 168-177

  Olwig, Mette F ^a   Gough, Katherine V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Development; Ghana; Migration; Mobility; Young people

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION; REFUGEE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

GHANA;

EID: 84874020973     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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