Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Migration—a Survey of the Empirical Evidence

Berlemann, Michael; Steinhardt, Max Friedrich

doi:10.1093/cesifo/ifx019

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“…2 A household may have more than one major income source, thus the shares add up to more than 100%. 3 Some non-migrant households may receive remittances from migrants who are not (former) household members.…”

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“…Study of the environment-migration nexus has gained traction in recent decades [1][2][3], and the current climate concerns have become a "wake-up call to migration scholars" [4] (p. 473). While there is a vigorous debate on migration caused by climate change and associated vulnerabilities, as well as on environmental impacts of migration in destination areas, much less work examines the outcomes of migration on the environment in migrants' places of origin [5][6][7][8][9].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Chemical inputs are inorganic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides 2. Dummy variable: Default category is household with no migrant 3. Dummy variable: Default category is "No education" 4.…”

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Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

Angelsen

Aguilar-Støen

Ainembabazi

et al. 2020

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This article investigates how migration and remittances affect forest cover in eight rural communities in Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico. Based on household surveys and remote sensing data, we found little evidence to support the widespread claim that migration takes pressure off forests. In the Chiapas sites, we observed no significant changes in forest cover since 1990, while in the Guatemalan sites, migration may have increased demand for agricultural land, leading to an average annual forest loss of 0.73% during the first decade of the millennium. We suggest that when attractive opportunities exist to invest in agriculture and land expansion, remittances and returnee savings provide fresh capital that is likely to increase pressure on forests. Our study also has implications for the understanding of migration flows; in particular, migration has not implied an exodus out of agriculture for the remaining household members nor for the returning migrants. On the contrary, returning migrants are more likely to be involved in farming activities after their return than they were before leaving.

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Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

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“…In the last ten years this stream of literature has grown substantially, and we refer the interested reader to Millock (2015) and Berlemann and Steinhardt (2017) for detailed surveys, while here we consider a few issues that have emerged in the scholarship that are relevant for our work.…”

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Climate change, rice production, and migration in Vietnamese households

Baronchelli¹,

Ricciuti²

2018

WIDER Working Paper

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“…As a result of global warming and abnormal weather conditions, damage from disasters such as typhoons, floods, rising sea levels, and tsunamis has increased worldwide [1][2][3]. The rise in the mean sea level has increased coastal erosion, and changes in wave direction have resulted in high, swell-like waves becoming more frequent, which cause shoreline deformation [4][5][6].…”

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Improved Coastal Erosion Prevention Using a Hybrid Method with an Artificial Coral Reef: Large-Scale 3D Hydraulic Experiment

Kim

Baek

Kwon

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Coastal erosion, a worldwide social issue, has garnered substantial attention. Numerous methods have been implemented to control coastal erosion problems; however, the presence of rigid structures limits erosion mitigation, thereby causing various challenges. For instance, in the case of submerged breakwaters, local scour in front of the structure and scour caused by the flow occurring in open inlets affect the subsidence and stability of the structure and can also cause structural failure. To solve these problems, this paper proposes a hybrid method of using a submerged breakwater with an artificial coral reef installation; further, this study evaluates the attenuation of waves and mitigation of sediment transportation through large-scale 3D hydraulic experiments. We found that the hybrid method with an artificial coral reef installed in the open inlet shows excellent wave control and plays a clearly beneficial role in the advancement of the shoreline. The artificial coral reef method reduced the return flow generated by the drag force at the breakwater shoulder and open inlet. In addition, scour at the breakwater shoulder was inhibited by collecting the sand escaping offshore. Simultaneously, scour at the open inlet was also mitigated. The application of the hybrid method compensated for the problems caused by local scour and erosion in the submerged breakwater, thereby leading to the improvement of its function. Therefore, the hybrid method proposed in this paper was determined to be applicable not only for submerged breakwaters, but also for various structures for controlling coastal erosion.

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Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Migration—a Survey of the Empirical Evidence

Cited by 220 publications

References 101 publications

Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

Migration, Remittances, and Forest Cover Change in Rural Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico

Climate change, rice production, and migration in Vietnamese households

Improved Coastal Erosion Prevention Using a Hybrid Method with an Artificial Coral Reef: Large-Scale 3D Hydraulic Experiment

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