Climate variability and inter-provincial migration in South America, 1970–2011
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Reduced migration under climate change: evidence from Malawi using an aspirations and capabilities framework
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World and European Sustainable Cities: Insights from EU research
The move towards urbanisation is progressing and more than half of the world population is today living in cities. By the 2030s, five of the world’s eight billion people will live in urban areas. How can this continuous urbanisation trend be reconciled with the “Rio+ 20” Earth Summit hopes and the European Union’s commitment towards a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by 2020?
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Islands At Risk? Environments, Economies and Contemporary Change
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Linkages between population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risks: a regional vision of Latin America
This document presents an analysis of the connections among population dynamics, urbanization processes and disaster risk reduction. Amongst the main findings are that public policies should increase governance and guide urban sustainable development in order to anticipate future levels of exposure, by enhancing land-use plans, climate change adaptation strategies and considering disaster risk management.
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The Demography of Adaptation to Climate Change
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IOM-MPI Issue in Brief No. 8 – Human Rights, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation: A New Paradigm
Climate change and environmental degradation are predicted to displace millions of people in the coming years, either directly or indirectly. This will lead to situations wherein the human rights of such populations could be threatened.
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Assessing the Evidence: Environment, Climate Change and Migration in Bangladesh
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