Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate
Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate
Kayly Ober, United States Institute of Peace
Robert A. McLeman, Wilfrid Laurier University
£39.99
GBPThis book provides insight into the impact of climate change on human mobility - including both migration and displacement - by synthesizing key concepts, research, methodology, policy, and emerging issues surrounding the topic. It illuminates the connections between climate change and its implications for voluntary migration, involuntary displacement, and immobility by providing examples from around the world. The chapters use the latest findings from the natural and social sciences to identify key interactions shaping current climate-related migration, displacement, and immobility; predict future changes in those patterns and methods used to model them; summarize key policy and governance instruments available to us to manage the movements of people in a changing climate; and offer directions for future research and opportunities. This book will be valuable for students, researchers, and policy makers of geography, environmental science, climate and sustainability studies, demography, sociology, public policy, and political science.
- Provides insights into how migration responses differ for slow- and rapid-onset climate-related hazards (including sea level rise, drought, flooding, tropical cyclones, wildfires, and others)
- Contributes to ongoing international discussions on the topic, which in recent years have emerged as key to UNFCCC negotiations and the UN Human Rights tribunal, and the subject of a special white paper commissioned by the White House in 2021
- Provides the most current synthesis of the state of knowledge in areas of theory, methodology, and policy considerations for climate-related migration and displacement, and will serve as a go-to resource on the subject
Reviews & endorsements
'Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate draws on evidence from the social and natural sciences, and from examples from across the globe, to provide an authoritative, balanced and comprehensive guide that cuts through the hyperbole and points to constructive ways to respond to this powerful emerging risk to social order.' Jon Barnett, The University of Melbourne
'Migration and Displacement in a Changing Climate provides an excellent resource for those new to the topic of climate-related mobility as well as those with years of experience. The authors skilfully build a foundation through definitions and a review of research on migration drivers, and then build on these foundations with careful review of research findings in both social and natural sciences. Compelling case studies illuminate the lessons learned. Especially important and useful in today's conflict-ridden world is that the authors never lose sight of the fundamental humanity inherent within population movement, both now and in centuries past.' Lori M. Hunter, University of Colorado, Boulder
'Best, Ober, and McLeman provide a unique reference of case studies on climate-affected migration in the U.S. and elsewhere while positioning them in the context of interdisciplinary theory and policy. I finally have a resource I can use in my own class that includes all of the fundamental material on the subject in one place.' Valerie Mueller, Arizona State University
Product details
April 2025Hardback
9781009449595
350 pages
244 × 170 mm
Not yet published - available from April 2025
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. People on the move in a changing climate
- 2. Migration and displacement associated with extreme weather events: tropical cyclones, severe storms, heavy rainfall events, and flooding
- 3. Migration and displacement associated with aridity, drought, heat and wildfires
- 4. Migration and displacement risks associated with mean sea level rise
- 5. Data and methods for modeling climate-related migration
- 6. Policy considerations
- 7. Emerging issues and future directions
- Glossary of key terms
- References
- Index.
