Factors affecting whether environmental migration is temporary or permanent: Evidence from bangladesh

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1511-1524

  Joarder, Mohammad Abdul Munim ^a   Miller, Paul W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation strategies; Environmental change; Internal migration

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; MIGRATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84889095701     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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