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Climate migrants : on the move in a warming world  Cover Image Book Book

Climate migrants : on the move in a warming world / by Rebecca E. Hirsch.

Hirsch, Rebecca E., (author.).

Summary:

"Climate Migrants explores the migration of peoples throughout the world in response to the effects of climate change, including droughts, desertification, rising sea level, melting permafrost, and severe storms. The book showcases people and communities that have already relocated because of climate change, and the challenges they faced before, during, and after relocation. The book investigates the cultural, environmental, political, and economic impacts of ecomigration and how they could play out in the next century."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781467793414
  • ISBN: 1467793418
  • Physical Description: 88 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-85) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A warmer world -- Rising tides -- Disaster in the desert -- Coasts in crisis -- The future of climate migration.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 11-19.
Grades 9 to 12.
Subject: Human beings > Migrations > Juvenile literature.
Emigration and immigration > Juvenile literature.
Climatic changes > Juvenile literature.
Global warming > Juvenile literature.
Social ecology > Juvenile literature.

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