Environment, Climate Change and Migration in South Asia

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the linkages between climate change and migration in South Asia.

List of contents

1.Introduction 2. Environment, Migration, and Population Displacement: Concerns, and Challenges 3. The prospective climate change induced migration in Afghanistan 4. Changing Climate and New Migration Crisis in Bangladesh 5. Climate Change and Refugees in Bhutan: the future impacts 6. Climate Change and Displacement in India: A Gendered Perspective 7. The dynamics of deforestation, riverbank erosion and migration in India with special reference to Assam 8. Climate Change- Induced Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of the Maldives 9. Understanding Climate Change and its Impact on Myanmar: Perspectives on Migration, Mitigation and Legal Framework 10. Climate Change and Human Mobility in Nepal 11. Pakistan's climate migrants beyond mediatized fictions 12. Climate Induced Migration in Sri Lanka: Vulnerability, Mobility, and Resilience

About the author

Amit Ranjan is Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. His latest book is Urban Development and Environmental History in Modern South Asia (edited with Ian Talbot). His papers, review essays and book reviews have been widely published in many journals.
Rajesh Kharat is Founder Director of the School of International Relations and Strategic Studies, and Dean, Humanities, University of Mumbai. He is Professor and former Chairperson at the Centre for South Asian Studies, School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has published several books and research papers on contemporary issues of South Asia.
Pallavi Deka is a researcher on ecological politics and society in/of North East of India. She teaches political science at Department of Political Science, Handique Girl's College, Kamrup, Assam, India.

Summary

This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the linkages between climate change and migration in South Asia.

Product details

• Authors: Amit (National University of Singapore Ranjan, Amit (National University of Singapore) De Ranjan, Amit (National University of Singapore) Kh Ranjan, Amit (Visiting Research Fellow Ranjan, Amit Deka Ranjan
• Assisted by: Pallavi Deka (Editor), Rajesh Kharat (Editor), Rajesh (University of Mumbai Kharat (Editor), Amit Ranjan (Editor), Amit (National University of Singapore Ranjan (Editor), Amit (National University of Singapore) Ranjan (Editor), Amit (Visiting Research Fellow Ranjan (Editor), Manish K Jha (Editor of the series), Pushpendra Singh (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032344287
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3234428-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Migrations in South Asia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories