TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between climate change and internal migration in the Americas
AU - Silva Rodríguez de San Miguel, Jorge Alejandro
AU - Martínez Díaz, Esteban
AU - Monroy Becerril, Dulce María
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Emerald Publishing Limited.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between climate change and internal migration in the Americas. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review type of research synthesize the state of knowledge; it was searched through the Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, among other databases, for articles that focused on climate migration, gender, water stress and models for predicting movement. Findings: Decreased water availability and increased prevalence to water-related disasters causes internal migration. Also, male out migration is quite prevalent in South American nations with women being left to take care of the families. Research limitations/implications: There is a need for further primary research to analyse what actions the Americas are taking to carve out a large policy-making space for themselves in climate change and internal migration. Originality/value: The 32 papers explored in the discussion section present a novel insight into climate change, water usage, gender and internal migration. The papers also elucidate that cultural and ideological conflicts are bound to occur as the communities move with the receiving society finding it hard to accommodate the needs of the climate migrants.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between climate change and internal migration in the Americas. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review type of research synthesize the state of knowledge; it was searched through the Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, among other databases, for articles that focused on climate migration, gender, water stress and models for predicting movement. Findings: Decreased water availability and increased prevalence to water-related disasters causes internal migration. Also, male out migration is quite prevalent in South American nations with women being left to take care of the families. Research limitations/implications: There is a need for further primary research to analyse what actions the Americas are taking to carve out a large policy-making space for themselves in climate change and internal migration. Originality/value: The 32 papers explored in the discussion section present a novel insight into climate change, water usage, gender and internal migration. The papers also elucidate that cultural and ideological conflicts are bound to occur as the communities move with the receiving society finding it hard to accommodate the needs of the climate migrants.
KW - Climate induced migration
KW - Climate migrants
KW - Water scarcity
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U2 - 10.1108/MEQ-01-2021-0020
DO - 10.1108/MEQ-01-2021-0020
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85107494822
SN - 1477-7835
VL - 32
SP - 822
EP - 839
JO - Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
JF - Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
IS - 4
ER -