Open AccessAn Ill Wind? Climate Change, Migration, and Health
Author(s) -
Celia McMichael,
Jon Barnett,
Anthony J. McMichael
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1104375
Subject(s) - climate change , relocation , seriousness , forced migration , population , refugee , population health , development economics , geography , natural resource economics , environmental health , environmental resource management , political science , medicine , economics , ecology , archaeology , computer science , law , biology , programming language
Climate change is projected to cause substantial increases in population movement in coming decades. Previous research has considered the likely causal influences and magnitude of such movements and the risks to national and international security. There has been little research on the consequences of climate-related migration and the health of people who move.