Securitizing ‘climate refugees’: the futurology of climate-induced migration

Critical Studies on Security

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 121-130

  Baldwin, Andrew ^a   Methmann, Chris ^c   Rothe, Delf ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

climate change; future; migration; security

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027569449     PISSN: 21624887     EISSN: 21624909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21624887.2014.943570     Document Type: Article

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