One step forward, two steps back? The fading contours of (in)justice in competing discourses on climate migration

Geographical Journal

Volumn 183, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 348-358

  Bettini, Giovanni ^a   Nash, Sarah Louise ^b   Gioli, Giovanna ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate justice; climate refugees; development; migration; resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; LABOR MARKET; MOBILITY; REFUGEE;

EID: 84995380368     PISSN: 00167398     EISSN: 14754959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geoj.12192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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