Essays about: "Drivers of Migration"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the words Drivers of Migration.

1. 16. Linking Climate Change, Migration Patterns and Vulnerability: The case of Ndem, Senegal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Giordano Margaglio; Anna Chesnier; [2019]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Internal Migration; Vulnerability; Sahel; Culture; Desertification; Drought; Ndem; West Africa; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Projections estimate that by 2050 hundreds of millions to a billion people will migrate elsewhere due to environmental reasons. The increasing frequency and intensity of natural hazards posed by climate change, as well as the slow-onset degradation of habitats all over the planet, will drive more and more species to migrate towards more habitable and safe environments. READ MORE

3. 17. Sustainable Aquifer Management in Small Island Developing States : A case study of Mauritius

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Akshay Kowlesser; [2018]
   Keywords : groundwater modelling; coastal aquifers; small islands; saltwater intrusion; Mauritius; climate change;

   Abstract : Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are amongst the most vulnerable states in the world. They are subject to a number of stresses including economical, climatic and spatial restraints. This thesis investigates the effects that certain critical ‘stresses’ will have on the groundwater reserves of SIDS. READ MORE

4. 18. "We do not want any refugees!": The Perception of Identity on Migration Crisis and the Migration Crisis Implications on Hungary

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Aldoreza Prandana; [2017-04-20]
   Keywords : identity; migration; Us and Others ; Hungary;

   Abstract : This study aims to investigate to what extent identity plays a role in Hungary’s policy and stance towards the migration crisis which occurred in the middle of 2015. Since it started, Hungary has shown its strong stance against accepting refugees and the Hungarian government has been using anti-immigrant rhetorics and implementing strict migration policy, such as building fences, publishing anti-immigrant propagandas, and the recent one is the referendum on quota system proposed by the European Union as an option for a joint policy towards the migration crisis. READ MORE

5. 19. Disaster-induced Displacement: The Case of Small Island Developing States in the Pacific and the Caribbean

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Malte Paul Plewa; Ida Koch Giese; [2017]
   Keywords : Disasters; Displacement; Caribbean; Pacific; Climate Change; Migration; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In 2015, 19.2 million people have been internally displaced globally in the context of disasters (IDMC, 2016). This is more than twice the number of people who have been newly displaced by conflict in the same period (IDMC, 2016). READ MORE

6. 20. Cross-border Displacement: Prevent, Prepare or Adapt to?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Monica Sepka; [2017]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Management; Environment; Migration; Displacement; Drivers; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite the fact that some forecasts suggest that a large number of individuals could become displaced by 2050, the institutional and operational linkages between climate and cross-border displacement continues to be complex. While refugees and IDPs are treated according to specific treaties, the status of cross-border displacement as a result of disasters suffers from a normative gap and the linkages between disaster displacement, its drivers and risk reduction seems rather underrepresented in existing research. READ MORE