Migration Amidst Climate Rigidity Traps: Resource Politics and Social-Ecological Possibilism in Honduras and Peru

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 292-304

  Wrathall, David J ^a   Bury, Jeffrey ^b   Carey, Mark ^c   Mark, Bryan ^d   McKenzie, Jeff ^e   Young, Kenneth ^f   Baraer, Michel ^g   French, Adam ^h   Rampini, Costanza ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g ÉCOLE DE TECHNOLOGIE SUPÉRIEURE   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; migration; political ecology; social ecological systems

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SMALLHOLDER;

ANCASH; CORDILLERA BLANCA; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; HONDURAS; PERU;

EID: 84895924518     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.873326     Document Type: Article

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