Environmental Refugees Tend to Stay Local

摘要

Recent reports, as well as extreme weather events such as Superstorm Sandy, suggest that climate change, and particularly sea-level rise, may be occurring faster than earlier anticipated. This has increased public and policy discussions about climate change's likely impacts on the movement of populations, both internally and worldwide. Research suggests that, when climate-related migration does occur, much of it is short distance and within national borders, as opposed to international, according to analysis conducted by Lori Hunter, associate professor of sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.