1st Edition
Migration and Environmental Change in the West African Sahel Why Capabilities and Aspirations Matter
By Victoria van der Land
Copyright 2018
148 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
148 Pages
20 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The West African Sahel is predicted to be heavily affected by climate change in the future. Slow-onset environmental changes, such as increasing rainfall variability and rising temperature, are presumed to worsen the livelihood conditions and to increase the out-migration from the affected regions.
Based on qualitative and quantitative data from study areas in Mali and Senegal, this book... Read more
- Introduction: Climate change, environment and migration
- Livelihoods, environmental stress and mobility in Mali and Senegal
- Theoretical perspectives on the environment-migration nexus
- The role of environmental factors in shaping migration
- The migration decision: capabilities matter
- Aspirations for a better life
- Social transformation and its impact on the effects of of climate change on migration
- A migrant typology
- Migration in the "global North" and the "global South"
- Conclusion and outlook: Rethinking migration and environmental change in the West African Sahel
Biography
Victoria van der Land is a sociologist with a research focus on climate change and migration. She has extensive work and field experience in West African countries, such as Benin, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal. Currently, she works as a DAAD lecturer at the University of Bamako, Mali.
