Author : Kira Vinke
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3643911300
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (439 download)
Book Synopsis Unsettling Settlements - Cities, Migrants, Climate Change by : Kira Vinke
Download or read book Unsettling Settlements - Cities, Migrants, Climate Change written by Kira Vinke and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Droughts, sea-level rise, crop failures - against the background of dramatic challenges in a changing climate Kira Vinke examines the effectiveness of migration as one probable form of adaptation. Her research concludes that only preventative migration can be labeled as adaptation to the threatening changes and that frequently migration falls short of maintaining or improving people's standard of living after relocation. Often, it merely ensures survival. Vinke's illuminating study which led her to Bangladesh and the Central Pacific appeals to policy makers to responsibly manage preventative outmigration if there is no option to protect exposed regions as human habitats.