Governing environmentally- Related migration in bangladesh: Responsibilities, security and the causality problem

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 177-198

  Mayer, Benoît ^a   Boas, Ingrid ^b   Ewing, J Jackson ^c   Baillat, Alice ^d   Das, Uttam Kumar ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c RSIS Centre for Non Traditional Security Studies   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e South Asian Institute of Advanced Legal and Human Rights Studies   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MIGRATION; POLICY ANALYSIS; SECURITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84889062865     PISSN: 01171968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/011719681302200202     Document Type: Article

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