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1. McAdam, Jane (ed.) : Climate change and displacement, 2010
 

BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

Climate change and displacement : multidisciplinary perspectives / McAdam, Jane (ed.), xvi, 258 p.. - Oxford : Hart publ., 2010.

ISBN 978-1-94946-038-5

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Introduction, by Jane McAdam. 2. Climate Change-Induced Mobility and the Existing Migration Regime in Asia and the Pacific, by Graeme Hugo. 3. Migration as Adaptation: Opportunities and Limits, by Jon Barnett and Michael Webber. 4. Climate-Induced Community Relocation in the Pacific: The Meaning and Importance of Land, by John Campbell. 5. Conceptualising Climate-Induced Displacement, by Walter Kälin. 6. ‘Disappearing States’, Statelessness and the Boundaries of International Law, by Jane McAdam. 7. Protecting People Displaced by Climate Change: Some Conceptual Challenges, by Roger Zetter. 8. International Ethical Responsibilities to ‘Climate Change Refugees’, by Peter Penz. 9. Climate Migration and Climate Migrants: What Threat, Whose Security?, by Lorraine Elliott. 10. Climate-Related Displacement: Health Risks and Responses, by Anthony J McMichael, Celia E McMichael, Helen L Berry and Kathryn Bowen. 11. Climate Change, Human Movement and the Promotion of Mental Health: What Have We Learnt from Earlier Global Stressors?, by Maryanne Loughry. 12. Afterword: What Now? Climate-Induced Displacement after Copenhagen, by Stephen Castles.

INDEX WORDS:
* gästarbetare = migrant workers = vierastyöläiset
* statslösa personer = stateless persons = valtiottomat henkilöt
* klimatförändring = climate change = ilmastomuutos
* asylsökande = asylum seekers = turvapaikanhakijat
* miljörätt = environmental law = ympäristöoikeus
* tvångsförflyttade personer = displaced persons = hätäsiirtolaiset
* flyktingar = refugees = pakolaiset
* mänskliga rättigheter = human rights = ihmisoikeudet
* ursprungsfolk = indigenous peoples = alkuperäiskansat
* översvämningar = floods = tulvat
* hälsorisker = health risks = terveyshaitat
* internflyktingar = internally displaced persons = maan sisäiset pakolaiset
* reproduktiva rättigheter = reproductive rights = lisääntymiseen liittyvät oikeudet
* självbestämmanderätt = self-determination = itsemääräämisoikeus
* självstyrelse = self-government = itsehallinto
* internationell humanitär rätt = international humanitarian law = kansainvälinen humanitaarinen oikeus
* Världsbanken = World Bank = Maailmanpankki
* återsändningsförbud = non-refoulement principle = palautuskielto
* skadestånd = compensation = vahingonkorvaus

NOTE (GENERAL): Framework convention on climate change; Cartagena declaration; Convention on the reduction of statelessness; Convention on stateless persons;

LIBRARY LOCATION: Domvillan

SHELF CODE: Miljörätt

URL http://www.hartpub.co.uk/books/details.asp?isbn=9781849460385

 
2. McLeman, Robert A. : Climate and human migration, 2014
 

BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph

Climate and human migration : past experiences, future challenges / McLeman, Robert A., 294 p. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.

ISBN 978-1-107-60670-8

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. An introduction to the study of climate and migration. 2. Why people migrate. 3. Migration in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to climatic variability and change. 4. Extreme weather events and migration. 5. River valley flooding and migration. 6. Drought and its influence on migration. 7. Mean sea level rise and its implications for migration and migration policy. 8. Emergent issues in climate and migration research.

INDEX WORDS:
* klimatförändring = climate change = ilmastomuutos
* miljöflyktingar = environmental refugees = ympäristöpakolaiset
* migration = migration = siirtolaisuus
* översvämningar = floods = tulvat
* interflyktingar = internally displaced persons = maan sisäiset pakolaiset
* naturkatastrofer = environmental disasters = ympäristötuhot
* tvångsförflyttade personer = displaced persons = hätäsiirtolaiset


24.11.1999