Migration and Environmental Change in the West African Sahel: Why Capabilities and Aspirations Matter (Routledge Studies in Environmental Migration, Displacement and Resettlement) - 9781138217522

Introduction: Climate change, environment and migration -- Livelihoods, environmental stress and mobility in Mali and Senegal -- Theoretical perspectives on the environment-migration nexus -- The role of environmental factors in shaping migration -- The migration decision: capabilities matter -- Aspirations for a better life -- Social transformation and its impact on the effects of of climate change on migration -- A migrant typology -- Migration in the "global North" and the "global South" -- Conclusion and outlook: Rethinking migration and environmental change in the West African Sahel

• | Author: Victoria van der Land
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Oct 23, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 148 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138217522
• | ISBN-13: 9781138217522