1. Forced Migration Studies: Could We Agree Just to 'Date'?
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Higgins M, Barker Km, Arudo J, Black R, Temin M, C Rakuom, E Oywer, Martha F. Rogers, Kniveton Dr, Amiss C, D Wambua, Engebretsen S, Smith Cd, Hunter Lm, Bhabha J, Rose Kiriinya, Hathaway Jc, Zard M, Montgomery Mr, Jessica M. Gross, Neale A, A Kamenju, Agnes N. Waudo, Teplinskiy I, John G, Poveda J, and Patricia L. Riley
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Sustainable development ,education.field_of_study ,business.industry ,Humanitarian aid ,Internal migration ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Population ,Sociology ,Social protection ,Internally displaced person ,Urbanization ,Political Science and International Relations ,Development economics ,Medicine ,Natural disaster ,business ,education ,health care economics and organizations - Abstract
Dramatic and spontaneous natural disasters garner substantial humanitarian aid -- as they should. But long-term chronic environmental pressures such as heat stress also put tremendous strain on rural households especially households in less developed countries that rely on agriculture. People migrate in response to immediate disasters as well as to longer-term environmental strains. Humanitarian aid can potentially reduce the need for both kinds of migration.
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- 2007
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