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000133066 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171210
000133066 0248_ $$2sideral$$a137776
000133066 037__ $$aART-2024-137776
000133066 041__ $$aeng
000133066 100__ $$aFernández, Sara
000133066 245__ $$aClimate change as a veiled driver of migration in Bangladesh and Ghana
000133066 260__ $$c2024
000133066 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000133066 5203_ $$aPeople living in deltaic areas in developing countries are especially prone to suffer the effects from natural disasters due to their geographical and economic structure. Climate change is contributing to an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme events affecting the environmental conditions of deltas, threatening the socioeconomic development of people and, eventually, triggering migration as an adaptation strategy. Climate change will likely contribute to worsening environmental stress in deltas, and understanding the relations between climate change, environmental impacts, socioeconomic conditions, and migration is emerging as a key element for planning climate adaptation. In this study, we use data from migration surveys and econometric techniques to analyse the extent to which environmental impacts affect individual migration decision-making in two delta regions in Bangladesh and Ghana. The results show that, in both deltas, climatic shocks that negatively affect economic security are significant drivers of migration, although the surveyed households do not identify environmental pressures as the root cause of the displacement. Furthermore, environmental impacts affecting food security and crop and livestock production are also significant as events inducing people to migrate, but only in Ghana. We also find that suffering from environmental stress can intensify or reduce the effects of socioeconomic drivers. In this sense, adverse climatic shocks may not only have a direct impact on migration but may also condition migration decisions indirectly through the occupation, the education, or the marital status of the person. We conclude that although climate change and related environmental pressures are not perceived as key drivers of migration, they affect migration decisions through indirect channels (e.g., reducing economic security or reinforcing the effect of socioeconomic drivers).
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000133066 590__ $$a8.0$$b2024
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000133066 591__ $$aENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES$$b39 / 374 = 0.104$$c2024$$dQ1$$eT1
000133066 593__ $$aEnvironmental Chemistry$$c2024$$dQ1
000133066 593__ $$aWaste Management and Disposal$$c2024$$dQ1
000133066 593__ $$aPollution$$c2024$$dQ1
000133066 593__ $$aEnvironmental Engineering$$c2024$$dQ1
000133066 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
000133066 700__ $$aArce, Guadalupe
000133066 700__ $$aGarcía-Alaminos, Ángela
000133066 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7517-0053$$aCazcarro, Ignacio
000133066 700__ $$aArto, Iñaki
000133066 773__ $$g922 (2024), 171210 [14 pp.]$$pSci. total environ.$$tSCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT$$x0048-9697
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000133066 951__ $$a2025-09-22-14:30:14
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