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| Titel |
Migration and global environmental change: methodological lessons from mountain areas of the global South |
| VerfasserIn |
A. Milan, G. Gioli, T. Afifi |
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Englisch
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2190-4979
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In: Earth System Dynamics ; 6, no. 1 ; Nr. 6, no. 1 (2015-06-22), S.375-388 |
| Datensatznummer |
250115429
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/esd-6-375-2015.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The relationship between migration and environmental and climatic changes is
a crucial yet understudied factor influencing mountain livelihoods in the
global South. These livelihoods are often characterized by high prevalence
of family farming, widespread dependence on natural resources, and high
sensitivity to climatic changes. Except for a limited number of empirical
case studies, the literature on migration and global environmental change
has not yet moved beyond case study results to address and explain global
patterns and specificities of migration in mountain areas of the global
South. After an introduction to the topic, the authors present a new
synthesis of three field studies combining household surveys, participatory
research approach (PRA) tools and key informant interviews in Pakistan, Peru,
and Tanzania. This article suggests that the systematic use of
transdisciplinary approaches, with a combination of quantitative and
qualitative empirical methods, is the key to understanding global migration
patterns in rural mountain areas of the global South. The results of our
synthesis suggests that survey data should be triangulated with PRA results
as well as secondary data in order to build household profiles connecting
vulnerability (measured through a multidimensional index) with human
mobility patterns. Such profiles can be conducive to better understand the
feedback processes between livelihoods and mobility patterns both within
each case study and across case studies, helping researchers to draw general lessons. |
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