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Situating “migration as adaptation” discourse and appraising its relevance to Senegal’s development sector
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“Among the five articles that address this theme (Lietaer and Durand-Delacre, 2021 [33]; Vinke et al., 2021 [11]; Karanja Ng'ang'a et al., 2016 [46]; Simatele and Simatele, 2015 [10]; Arnall, 2014 [29]), it is evident that interest in migration as a climate change adaptation strategy is growing.”
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“From the viewpoint of Senegalese policymakers, diaspora institutions and stakeholders who play a critical role in the migration-development nexus, Lietaer and Durand-Delacre (2021) [33] reveal that notwithstanding the critical role of the environment as a driver of migration, other factors, such as social, cultural, and economic variables are equally important.”
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- Authors
- Lietaer, S., & Durand-Delacre, D.
- Affiliations
- Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Lietaer, Samuel
- Venue
- Environmental Science & Policy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-12
- Volume
- 126
- Pages
- 11-21
- ISSN
- 1462-9011 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3203706934
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 2
- FWCI
- 4.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
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- Environmental Science & Policy (publishedVersion)
- Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate Change and Sustainable Development
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Keywords
- migration as adaptation, climate adaptation policy, development sector, return migration, diaspora mobilization, freedom of movement, counter-discourse, Senegal
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