Vulnerability and the role of education in environmentally induced migration in Mali and Senegal

Ecology and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  van der Land, Victoria ^a   Hummel, Diana ^a,b  

^a Institute for Social Ecological Research (ISOE)   (Germany)

^b BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive capacity; Education; Environmentally induced migration; Livelihood strategies; Sahel; Social vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY;

MALI; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84891874992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05830-180414     Document Type: Article

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