Climate Change and Migration: Food Insecurity as a Driver and Outcome of Climate Change-Related Migration

Environmental Deterioration and Human Health: Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants

Volumn 9789400778900, Issue , 2014, Pages 291-313

  McMichael, Celia ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Food security; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899963917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7890-0_12     Document Type: Chapter

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