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Environmental Dimensions of Migration
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Research on the environmental dimensions of human migration has made important strides in recent years. However, findings have been spread across multiple disciplines with wide-ranging methodologies and limited theoretical development. This article reviews key findings of the field and identifies future directions for sociological research. We contend that the field has moved beyond linear environmental “push” theories toward a greater integration of context, including micro-level, meso-level, and macro-level interactions. We highlight findings that migration is often a household strategy to diversify risk (new economics of labor migration theory), interacting with household composition; individual characteristics; social networks; and historical, political, and economic contexts. We highlight promising developments in the field, including the recognition that migration is a long-standing form of environmental adaptation and yet only one among many forms of adaptation. Finally, we argue that sociologists could contribute significantly to migration–environment inquiry through attention to issues of inequality, perceptions, and agency vis-à-vis structure.
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“While the majority of studies agree that climatic conditions are important for migration, their results vary substantially, making it difficult to establish when and under which conditions climate migration occurs (Cattaneo et al., 2019;Hunter et al., 2015;Obokata et al., 2014;Piguet, 2010;Warner and Afifi, 2014).”
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“Demographic behaviors, and migration, in particular, are part of the adaptative responses to climate change impacts, and environmental crises and disasters often play a role in the acceleration of population change (Hunter, Luna, and Norton 2015).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hunter, L. M., Luna, J. K., & Norton, R. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Sociology
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 2015-08-14
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 377-397
- ISSN
- 0360-0572 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2115
- PMC
- PMC5979262
- OpenAlex
- W2161018416
- Semantic Scholar
- ad5c55b02e8cda6100542994a97f216a0d79a6e8
- Cited by
- 449
- References
- 119
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 41 · 2024: 56 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 51 · 2021: 68 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 23 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 4
- FWCI
- 8.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Annual Review of Sociology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (P2CHD066613, R24HD066613)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- environmental migration, climate change and migration, environmental adaptation, push factors, social networks, household composition, inequality, structure and agency
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