Developments in modelling of climate change-related migration

Climatic Change

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 599-611

  McLeman, Robert ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; GLOBAL DATASETS; HUMAN MIGRATION; MIGRATION PROCESS; PREDICTIVE CAPACITY; SOCIAL NETWORKS; STATISTICAL APPROACH; UNDERLYING FACTORS;

CLIMATE MODELS; EMPLOYMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; GIS; MIGRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84874950068     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-012-0578-2     Document Type: Article

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