Perceived environmental risks and insecurity reduce future migration intentions in hazardous migration source areas

William Neil Adger; Ricardo Safra de Campos; Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe; Tasneem Siddiqui; Sugata Hazra; Shouvik Das; Helen Adams; Maria Franco Gavonel; Colette Mortreux; Mumuni Abu

doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.009

Perceived environmental risks and insecurity reduce future migration intentions in hazardous migration source areas

William Neil Adger
, Ricardo Safra de Campos
, Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe
, Tasneem Siddiqui
, Sugata Hazra
, Shouvik Das
, Helen Adams
, Maria Franco Gavonel
, Colette Mortreux
, Mumuni Abu

Regional Institute for Population Studies

University of Exeter
University of Dhaka
Jadavpur University
King’s College London

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An analysis of perceptions of motivations for prior migration and migration intensions of households in four low-lying coastal areas in Asia and Africa finds that few households identified environmental risks as the primary driver for past migration decisions. Perceived increased severity of drought and household insecurity both reduce stated future migration intentions. Hence perceptions of environmental risks, including future potential changes, are significant in altering aggregate migration flows from source areas in coastal net out-migration regions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-157
Number of pages	12
Journal	One Earth
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.12.009
Publication status	Published - 22 Jan 2021

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Keywords

Bangladesh
Ghana
India
climate change
coastal regions
environmental perceptions
hazards
insecurity
migration
stated intentions

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Perceived environmental risks and insecurity reduce future migration intentions in hazardous migration source areas

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