LOCAL EXPERTS' PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND MIGRATION IN BANGLADESH
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
LOCAL EXPERTS' PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND MIGRATION IN BANGLADESH
Original language description
The chapter addresses perceptions of the role of environmental changes and climate variability on migration patterns in Bangladesh. Climatic changes, together with a combination of other economic and social factors, potentially create significant demographic changes, including both internal and international migration flows. To analyze the situation, this chapter uses in-depth interviews with local experts in source and targeted migration areas in Bangladesh and India. The interviewees' perceptions confirm some previous studies that the main livelihood activities of the local population are affected by significant environmental changes and sudden-onset hazards. The local experts perceive these environmental changes as one of the most significant drivers of migration flows to Dhaka and abroad, especially to India. Nonetheless, the results suggest that environmental conditions interact with other economic, cultural and social factors. The paper includes several recommendations for the lo
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
AO - Sociology, demography
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Environment, Migration and Adaptation: Evidence and Politics of Climate Change in Bangladesh
ISBN
978-984-91037-9-0
Number of pages of the result
18
Pages from-to
213-230
Number of pages of the book
318
Publisher name
AHDPH
Place of publication
Dhaka
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