Climate and migration: A synthesis

Environment, Forced Migration and Social Vulnerability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 73-85

  Piguet, Etienne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84892092663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12416-7_6     Document Type: Chapter

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