Gebundenes Buch

Climate Change, Vulnerability and Migration

Beschreibung

This volume studies the role of remittances sent by migrants to their families in environmentally fragile zones in providing an important cushion and adaptation capabilities to cope with extreme weather events. It looks at the socio-economic and political drivers of migration, as well as adaptation strategies.

Autor

S. Irudaya Rajan is Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. With more than three decades of research experience, he has coordinated with K. C. Zachariah seven major migration surveys in Kerala since 1998, conducted migration surveys in Goa (2008) and Tamil Nadu (2015) and provided technical support to Gujarat (2010) and Punjab (2011) migration surveys. He is editor of the annual series 'India Migration Report' and the editor-in-chief of the journal Migration and Development. R. B. Bhagat is Professor and Head, Department of Migration and Urban Studies, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He has served as Consultant to the UNESCO-UNICEF India Initiative on Migration and to the International Organisation of Migration (IOM), and Advisor to the Yale University Project on Climate Change and Communication. His research interests are in population, urbanisation, environment and migration issues.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge India
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9780415790727
• ISBN-10: 0415790727
• Artikelnr.: 49407569