Empirical research on international environmental migration: A systematic review

Population and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-135

  Obokata, Reiko ^a   Veronis, Luisa ^a   McLeman, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment migration nexus; Environmental migration; Environmental refugees; International migration; Systematic literature review

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY MAKING; REFUGEE;

EID: 84906082054     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-014-0210-7     Document Type: Article

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