Citation

Rechkemmer A, O'Connor A, Rai A, Decker Sparks JL, Mudliar P, Shultz JM. Disaster Health 2016; 3(4): 112-120.

Affiliation

Center for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Miami, FL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/21665044.2016.1263519

PMID

28265487

PMCID

PMC5314906

Abstract

In the 21(st) century, global issues are increasingly characterized by inter-connectedness and complexity. Global environmental change, and climate change in particular, has become a powerful driver and catalyst of forced migration and internal displacement of people. Environmental migrants may far outnumber any other group of displaced people and refugees in the years to come. Deeper scientific integration, especially across the social sciences, is a prerequisite to tackle this issue.

Language: en

Keywords

climate change; displacement of people; forced migration; global environmental change; governance; interdisciplinary