The search for safety: The effects of conflict, poverty and ecological influences on migration in the developing world

• Published in: Global environmental change Vol. 21; pp. S82 - S93
• Main Author: Raleigh, Clionadh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2011
• Subjects: assets; climate change; Communities; Conflict; Coping mechanisms; Deterioration; Development; disasters; Drivers; Ecology; Economic activity; Economics; environmental degradation; Environmental pressures; households; Income; livelihood; Migration; Natural resources; Poverty; Searching; Survival strategy; Sustainability; violence; Development; Coping mechanisms; Conflict; Migration; Environmental pressures

► The coping mechanisms that allow for sustained existence on degraded lands are strained by conflict. ► The absolute numbers of international migrants is likely to stay relatively low. ► The chronically vulnerable are in places with persistent political violence, poverty and ecological instability....