Geography, Islands and Migration in an Era of Global Mobility
This paper examines the changing role of islands in the age of globalization and in an era of enhanced and diversified mobility. There are many types of islands, many metaphors of insularity, and many types of migration, so the interactions are far from simple. The mobilities turn in migration studies recognizes the diversification in motivations … Continue reading Geography, Islands and Migration in an Era of Global Mobility →
Drought and population mobility in rural Ethiopia
Significant attention has focused on the possibility that climate change will displace large populations in the developing world, but few multivariate studies have investigated climate-induced migration. We use event history methods and a unique longitudinal dataset from the rural Ethiopian highlands to investigate the effects of drought on population mobility over a 10-year period. The … Continue reading Drought and population mobility in rural Ethiopia →
