Environmental Change, Adaptation and Migration: Bringing in the Region

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction: (Re-)locating the Nexus of Migration, Environmental Change and Adaptation....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Climate Mobilities from a Human Geography Perspective: Considering the Spatial Dimensions of Climate Change....Pages 21-40
Human Mobility and Adaptation: Reducing Susceptibility to Climatic Stressors and Mainstreaming....Pages 41-56
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
“Migration as Adaptation”: New Perspective for Migration Research or Dead-End?....Pages 59-79
Migration and Social Protection as Adaptation in Response to Climate-Related Stressors: The Case of Zacatecas in Mexico....Pages 80-97
The Role of A Priori Cross-Border Migration after Extreme Climate Events: The Case of the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan....Pages 98-116
Migration as Future Adaptive Capacity: The Case of Java — Indonesia....Pages 117-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Indigenous Women’s Migration to Cities: Root Causes, Coping Mechanisms and Gendered Transformations....Pages 141-163
Disaster-Induced Migration and Adaptation Discourse in Bangladesh....Pages 164-185
Climate Change-Induced Migration and Post-Disaster Remittance Responses through a Gender Lens....Pages 186-199
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Changing Reproductive Behaviour and Migration in Response to Environmental Change: Evidence from Rural Northern Ghana....Pages 203-222
Dealing with Climate Change in the Coastal Savannah Zone of Ghana: In Situ Adaptation Strategies and Migration....Pages 223-244
Finding the Right Path: Climate Change and Migration in Northern Ghana....Pages 245-266
Beyond Adaptation? The Changing Nature of Seasonal Migration in Northern Ghana in the Context of Climate Change, Agricultural Decline and Food Insecurity....Pages 267-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Conclusion: Linking Migration, Environmental Change and Adaptation — Lessons Learnt....Pages 283-290
Back Matter....Pages 291-299