Social protection as a strategy to address climate-induced migration

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 43-64

  Schwan, Susanne ^a   Yu, Xiaohua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Displacement; Human mobility; Migration; Social protection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAMAGE; DESIGN; MIGRATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL POLICY; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY;

MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND [CENTRAL EUROPE]; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

EID: 85033585088     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJCCSM-01-2017-0019     Document Type: Article

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