Empirical research on international environmental migration: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: This paper presents the findings of a systematic review of scholarly publications that report empirical findings from studies of environmentally-related international migration. There exists a small, but growing accumulation of empirical studies that consider environmentally-linked migration that spans international borders. These studies provide useful evidence for scholars and policymakers in understanding how environmental factors interact with political, economic and social factors to influence migration behavior and outcomes that are specific to international movements of people, in highlighting promising future research directions, and in raising important considerations for international policymaking. Our review identifies countries of migrant origin and destination that have so far

SUBMITTER: Obokata R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4131126 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature