Climate Vulnerability and Human Migration in Global Perspective
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data
2.1. Climate Vulnerability Scores
2.2. International Migration Flows
3. Results
3.1. Spatial Patterning in Climate Vulnerability and Net Migration
3.2. Association Between Climate Vulnerability and Net Migration
3.3. Climate Vulnerability and Bilateral Migration Flows
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Grecequet, M.; DeWaard, J.; Hellmann, J.J.; Abel, G.J. Climate Vulnerability and Human Migration in Global Perspective. Sustainability 2017, 9, 720. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050720
Grecequet M, DeWaard J, Hellmann JJ, Abel GJ. Climate Vulnerability and Human Migration in Global Perspective. Sustainability. 2017; 9(5):720. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050720
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrecequet, Martina, Jack DeWaard, Jessica J. Hellmann, and Guy J. Abel. 2017. "Climate Vulnerability and Human Migration in Global Perspective" Sustainability 9, no. 5: 720. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050720
APA StyleGrecequet, M., DeWaard, J., Hellmann, J. J., & Abel, G. J. (2017). Climate Vulnerability and Human Migration in Global Perspective. Sustainability, 9(5), 720. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9050720