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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102193
	Weather-related influences on rural-to-urban migration: A spectrum of attribution in Beira; Mozambique
	Anderson K.J.; Silva J.A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	65
英文摘要	This article investigates the pathways linking environmental and economic drivers of rural-to-urban migration in Mozambique. Using examples from two rural-to-urban migrant communities located in the coastal city of Beira, we build on a generalizable migration framework (Black et al., 2011) in order to explore how perception and lived experience influence migration decision-making in contexts of environmental stress. We combine content analysis and descriptive statistics of semi-structured interview and household survey data. Using a decision-tree diagram to trace pathways linking experiences of adverse weather to migration, we evaluate the relative strength with which respondents attribute migration to weather-related factors. Qualitative findings reveal that (1) the weather's influence on migration falls on a spectrum of attribution, (2) while few migrants directly link their migration to weather-related factors, the overwhelming majority link weather to worsening economic conditions in origin areas, and (3) migrants reject the label of climate migrant, and maintain that migrating from rural areas is primarily an economic decision. Results indicate that people would stay in rural areas, regardless of extreme weather, if resilient economic livelihoods existed. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Extreme weather; Migration; Mozambique; Rural poverty
语种	英语
scopus关键词	decision making; economic conditions; environmental stress; household survey; rural-urban migration; spectrum; weather; Beira; Mozambique; Sofala
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/147584
作者单位	Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland College Park, 2181 Samuel J. Lefrak Hall, 7251 Preinkert Drive, College Park, MD 20742, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Anderson K.J.,Silva J.A.. Weather-related influences on rural-to-urban migration: A spectrum of attribution in Beira; Mozambique[J],2020,65.
APA	Anderson K.J.,&Silva J.A..(2020).Weather-related influences on rural-to-urban migration: A spectrum of attribution in Beira; Mozambique.Global Environmental Change,65.
MLA	Anderson K.J.,et al."Weather-related influences on rural-to-urban migration: A spectrum of attribution in Beira; Mozambique".Global Environmental Change 65(2020).