Rising Tides : Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century /

"In the coming decades, rising sea levels, heavier storms, and drought and desertification will force hundreds of millions of people from their homes -- and even their countries. Where will they go? What rights will they have? Who will take care of them? Over 200 million Asians are at risk. Pic...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteurs principaux: Wennersten, John R., 1941- (Auteur), Robbins, Denise (Environmental advocate) (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Migration, Internal > Environmental aspects.
Global environmental change > Social aspects.
Environmental refugees.
Emigration and immigration > Environmental aspects.
Climatic changes > Social aspects.
NATURE > Weather.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Émigration et immigration > Aspect de l'environnement.
Migration interieure > Aspect de l'environnement.
Changement global (Environnement) > Aspect social.
Climat > Changements > Aspect social.
Refugies environnementaux.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Seeking shelter from the storm
  • Refugeedom
  • What happens when your country drowns?
  • The crisis hits home : climate refugees in the United States
  • Latin America : land of rain, land of thirst
  • Africa : environmental conflicts in a war-torn land
  • Middle East : the boiling point of climate change and national security
  • Asia : the looming crisis
  • Current affairs and climate refugees
  • The shape of things to come.

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