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Environmental Concerns and International Migration

Hugo, Graeme·1996·International Migration Review

DOI 10.1177/019791839603000110

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This article focuses on international migration occurring as a result of environmental changes and processes. It briefly reviews attempts to conceptualize environment-related migration and then considers the extent to which environmental factors have been and may be significant in initiating migration. Following is an examination of migration as an independent variable in the migration-environment relationship. Finally, ethical and policy dimensions are addressed.

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Authors: Hugo, G.
Affiliations: The University of Adelaide (AU)
Corresponding author: Hugo, Graeme
Venue: International Migration Review
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1996-03
Volume: 30
Issue: 1
Pages: 105-131
ISSN: 0197-9183 (ISSN-L)
1747-7379
DOI: 10.1177/019791839603000110
OpenAlex: W2044076724
Cited by: 473
References: 44
Citations by year: 2026: 20 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 33 · 2021: 33 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 31 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 26 · 2012: 34
FWCI: 9.98
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations: International Migration Review (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Exile Studies
Keywords: environmental migration, climate change, environmental change, ethics of migration, migration policy
MeSH terms: Demography, Developing Countries, Disasters, Ecology, Emigration and Immigration, Environment, Ethics, Human Rights, Population, Population Dynamics, Public Policy, Refugees, Transients and Migrants

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