Last update: Mgr. Robert Stojanov, Ph.D. (08.09.2016)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
1. Introduction
programme, data sources, readings, internet journal databases. Topics of student presentations, conditions for successful completation of the course.
2. Environment and Migration - conceptual introduction
Theoretical concepts, typology of environmental migrants, definitions. Environmental refugees or migrants?Impatcs of environmental change, natural disasters and climate extremes on population on regional and global level. Environmental security, natural sources and impacts on population dynamics.
Readings: (22.2.)
HUGO, G. (1996): Environmental concerns and international migration. The International Migration Review; 30 (1): 105-131.
3. Migration and Development Nexus
Migration and development from global perspective - theoretical concept, brain drain (gain, circulation), skilled migration
Readings: (29.2.)
DE HAAS, H. (2010): Migration and Development: A Theoretical Perspective. International Migration Review, 44 (1): 227-264.
4. Remittances, Migration and Development
rural-urban migration in the developing regions (China), impacts of remittances, economic consequences, myths of remittances
Reading: (7.3.)
DE HAAN, A. (1999): Livelihoods and Poverty: The Role of Migration - A Critical Review of the Migration Literature. The Journal of Development Studies, 36 (2): 1-47.
5. Poverty, Migration and Development, Refugees
poverty, migration, development aid, refugees and international law, UNHCR, refugees in the world, internally displaced people (IDPs)
Readings: (14.3.)
SKELDON, R. (2008): International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase? Population and Development Review, 34 (1): 1-18.
6. Current Immigration flows to Europe
Readings: (21.3.)
DE HAAS (2015): Don't blame the smugglers: the real migration industry. [online] Hein de Haas bloog, 23 September 2015 (Accessed 2016-02-10). Available at http://heindehaas.blogspot.cz/2015/09/dont-blame-smugglers-real-migration.html
7. Migration and environmental change in South Asia
Readings: (4.4.)
STOJANOV, R.; DUŽÍ, B.; JAKUBÍNSKÝ, J. (2014): Climate Change and Floods along the Brahmaputra: Migration Factors in Bangladesh. In: Stucker, D. and Lopez-Gunn, E. (eds): Adaptation to Climate Change through Water Resources Management Capacity, Equity and Sustainability. pp. 67-88. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-63593-6
8. Environmental change, cultural context and population in sub-Saharan Africa
Readings: (11.4.)
KNIVETON, D.R.; SMITH, C.D. BLACK, R. (2012): Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa. Nature Climate Change, 2, 444-447.
9. Development and displacement in China
Readings: (25.4.)
YAN, T., WANG, Y. Q. (2004): Environmental Migration and Sustainable Development in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River. Population and Environment, 25 (6): 613-635.
10. Climate-related extremes and population adaptation strategies
Readings: (2.5.)
BLACK, R. et al. (2011): Migration as adaptation. Nature, 478: 477-479.
DE SHERBININ, A. et al. (2011): Preparing for Resettlement Associated with Climate Change. Science, 334: 456-457.
11. Regional and Household Adaptation Strategies to Climate Extremes in Europe
Recommended readings:
STOJANOV, R.; DUŽÍ, B.; DANĚK, T.; NĚMEC, D.; PROCHÁZKA, D. (2015): Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Extremes in Central Europe: A Case Study in a Rural Area in the Czech Republic. Sustainability (Switzerland), 7(9): 12758-12786
12. Chernobyl's disaster and population movement
Recommended readings:
KAVANOVÁ, K.; STOJANOV, R. (2008): The Environmental Migration in Chernobyl Disaster Area - The Case Study of Belarus. In: Migration, Development and Environment: Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Recommended sources:
ADAMS, R. H., Jr. International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain: A Study of 24 Labor-Exporting Countries. Policy Research Working Paper. No. 3069. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, June 2003.
CARLING, J. Migration Remittances and Development Cooperation. Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, 2005. ISBN 82-7288-224-8
FINDLEY, S.E. (1994): Does Drought Increase Migration? A Study of Migration from Rural Mali during the 1983-1985 Drought. International Migration Review, 28 (3): 539-553.
HUGO, G. (2011): Future demographic change and its interactions with migration and climate change. Global Environmental Change, (21, Supplement):S21-S33.
KARIM, M.F.; MIMURA, N. (2008): Impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on cyclonic storm surge floods in Bangladesh. Global Environmental Change, 18 (3):490-500.
KREIBICH, H. et al. (2005): Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary meaures - lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 5:117-126.
MASSEY, D. S., et al. Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal. Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 3. (Sep., 1993), pp. 431-466.
MASSEY, D.S.; AXINN, W.G.; GHIMIRE, D.J. (2010): Environmental change and out-migration:evidence from Nepal. Population and Environment, 32 (2-3):109-136.
OTTO-BANASZAK, I. et al. (2010): Different perceptions of adaptation to climate change: a mental model approach applied to the evidence from expert interviews. Reg Environ Change (2011) 11:217-228.
RAIN, D. (1999): Eaters of the Dry Season: Circular Labour Migration in the West African Sahel. Boulder, CO: Westview Press
SKELDON, R. Migration and poverty. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 2002, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 67-82. ISSN 02591-238X.
STOJANOV, R. (2008): The Environmentally-Induced Migration in China. In: Migration, Development and Environment: Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
STOJANOV, R.; NOVOSÁK, J. (eds., 2008): Development, Environment and Migration. Analysis of Linkages and Consequences. Olomouc: Palacký University.
THOMALLA, F. (2006): Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. Disasters, 30 (1): 39−48.
Last update: Mgr. Robert Stojanov, Ph.D. (08.09.2016)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
1. Introduction
programme, data sources, readings, internet journal databases. Topics of student presentations, conditions for successful completation of the course.
2. Environment and Migration - conceptual introduction
Theoretical concepts, typology of environmental migrants, definitions. Environmental refugees or migrants?Impatcs of environmental change, natural disasters and climate extremes on population on regional and global level. Environmental security, natural sources and impacts on population dynamics.
Readings: (22.2.)
HUGO, G. (1996): Environmental concerns and international migration. The International Migration Review; 30 (1): 105-131.
3. Migration and Development Nexus
Migration and development from global perspective - theoretical concept, brain drain (gain, circulation), skilled migration
Readings: (29.2.)
DE HAAS, H. (2010): Migration and Development: A Theoretical Perspective. International Migration Review, 44 (1): 227-264.
4. Remittances, Migration and Development
rural-urban migration in the developing regions (China), impacts of remittances, economic consequences, myths of remittances
Reading: (7.3.)
DE HAAN, A. (1999): Livelihoods and Poverty: The Role of Migration - A Critical Review of the Migration Literature. The Journal of Development Studies, 36 (2): 1-47.
5. Poverty, Migration and Development, Refugees
poverty, migration, development aid, refugees and international law, UNHCR, refugees in the world, internally displaced people (IDPs)
Readings: (14.3.)
SKELDON, R. (2008): International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase? Population and Development Review, 34 (1): 1-18.
6. Current Immigration flows to Europe
Readings: (21.3.)
DE HAAS (2015): Don't blame the smugglers: the real migration industry. [online] Hein de Haas bloog, 23 September 2015 (Accessed 2016-02-10). Available at http://heindehaas.blogspot.cz/2015/09/dont-blame-smugglers-real-migration.html
7. Migration and environmental change in South Asia
Readings: (4.4.)
STOJANOV, R.; DUŽÍ, B.; JAKUBÍNSKÝ, J. (2014): Climate Change and Floods along the Brahmaputra: Migration Factors in Bangladesh. In: Stucker, D. and Lopez-Gunn, E. (eds): Adaptation to Climate Change through Water Resources Management Capacity, Equity and Sustainability. pp. 67-88. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-63593-6
8. Environmental change, cultural context and population in sub-Saharan Africa
Readings: (11.4.)
KNIVETON, D.R.; SMITH, C.D. BLACK, R. (2012): Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa. Nature Climate Change, 2, 444-447.
9. Development and displacement in China
Readings: (25.4.)
YAN, T., WANG, Y. Q. (2004): Environmental Migration and Sustainable Development in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River. Population and Environment, 25 (6): 613-635.
10. Climate-related extremes and population adaptation strategies
Readings: (2.5.)
BLACK, R. et al. (2011): Migration as adaptation. Nature, 478: 477-479.
DE SHERBININ, A. et al. (2011): Preparing for Resettlement Associated with Climate Change. Science, 334: 456-457.
11. Regional and Household Adaptation Strategies to Climate Extremes in Europe
Recommended readings:
STOJANOV, R.; DUŽÍ, B.; DANĚK, T.; NĚMEC, D.; PROCHÁZKA, D. (2015): Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Extremes in Central Europe: A Case Study in a Rural Area in the Czech Republic. Sustainability (Switzerland), 7(9): 12758-12786
12. Chernobyl's disaster and population movement
Recommended readings:
KAVANOVÁ, K.; STOJANOV, R. (2008): The Environmental Migration in Chernobyl Disaster Area - The Case Study of Belarus. In: Migration, Development and Environment: Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Recommended sources:
ADAMS, R. H., Jr. International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain: A Study of 24 Labor-Exporting Countries. Policy Research Working Paper. No. 3069. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, June 2003.
CARLING, J. Migration Remittances and Development Cooperation. Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, 2005. ISBN 82-7288-224-8
FINDLEY, S.E. (1994): Does Drought Increase Migration? A Study of Migration from Rural Mali during the 1983-1985 Drought. International Migration Review, 28 (3): 539-553.
HUGO, G. (2011): Future demographic change and its interactions with migration and climate change. Global Environmental Change, (21, Supplement):S21-S33.
KARIM, M.F.; MIMURA, N. (2008): Impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on cyclonic storm surge floods in Bangladesh. Global Environmental Change, 18 (3):490-500.
KREIBICH, H. et al. (2005): Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary meaures - lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 5:117-126.
MASSEY, D. S., et al. Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal. Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 3. (Sep., 1993), pp. 431-466.
MASSEY, D.S.; AXINN, W.G.; GHIMIRE, D.J. (2010): Environmental change and out-migration:evidence from Nepal. Population and Environment, 32 (2-3):109-136.
OTTO-BANASZAK, I. et al. (2010): Different perceptions of adaptation to climate change: a mental model approach applied to the evidence from expert interviews. Reg Environ Change (2011) 11:217-228.
RAIN, D. (1999): Eaters of the Dry Season: Circular Labour Migration in the West African Sahel. Boulder, CO: Westview Press
SKELDON, R. Migration and poverty. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 2002, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 67-82. ISSN 02591-238X.
STOJANOV, R. (2008): The Environmentally-Induced Migration in China. In: Migration, Development and Environment: Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
STOJANOV, R.; NOVOSÁK, J. (eds., 2008): Development, Environment and Migration. Analysis of Linkages and Consequences. Olomouc: Palacký University.
THOMALLA, F. (2006): Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. Disasters, 30 (1): 39−48.
1. Introduction
programme, data sources, readings, internet journal databases. Topics of student presentations, conditions for successful completation of the course.
2. Environment and Migration - conceptual introduction
Theoretical concepts, typology of environmental migrants, definitions. Environmental refugees or migrants?Impatcs of environmental change, natural disasters and climate extremes on population on regional and global level. Environmental security, natural sources and impacts on population dynamics.
Readings: (22.2.)
HUGO, G. (1996): Environmental concerns and international migration. The International Migration Review; 30 (1): 105-131.
3. Migration and Development Nexus
Migration and development from global perspective - theoretical concept, brain drain (gain, circulation), skilled migration
Readings: (29.2.)
DE HAAS, H. (2010): Migration and Development: A Theoretical Perspective. International Migration Review, 44 (1): 227-264.
3. Remittances, Migration and Development
rural-urban migration in the developing regions (China), impacts of remittances, economic consequences, myths of remittances
Reading: (7.3.)
DE HAAN, A. (1999): Livelihoods and Poverty: The Role of Migration - A Critical Review of the Migration Literature. The Journal of Development Studies, 36 (2): 1-47.
4. Poverty, Migration and Development, Refugees
poverty, migration, development aid, refugees and international law, UNHCR, refugees in the world, internally displaced people (IDPs)
Readings: (14.3.)
SKELDON, R. (2008): International Migration as a Tool in Development Policy: A Passing Phase? Population and Development Review, 34 (1): 1-18.
5. Current Immigration flows to Europe
Readings: (21.3.)
DE HAAS (2015): Don't blame the smugglers: the real migration industry. [online] Hein de Haas bloog, 23 September 2015 (Accessed 2016-02-10). Available at http://heindehaas.blogspot.cz/2015/09/dont-blame-smugglers-real-migration.html
6. Migration and environmental change in South Asia
Readings: (4.4.)
STOJANOV, R.; DUŽÍ, B.; JAKUBÍNSKÝ, J. (2014): Climate Change and Floods along the Brahmaputra: Migration Factors in Bangladesh. In: Stucker, D. and Lopez-Gunn, E. (eds): Adaptation to Climate Change through Water Resources Management Capacity, Equity and Sustainability. pp. 67-88. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-63593-6
7. Environmental change, cultural context and population in sub-Saharan Africa
Readings: (11.4.)
KNIVETON, D.R.; SMITH, C.D. BLACK, R. (2012): Emerging migration flows in a changing climate in dryland Africa. Nature Climate Change, 2, 444-447.
8. Development and displacement in China
Readings: (25.4.)
YAN, T., WANG, Y. Q. (2004): Environmental Migration and Sustainable Development in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River. Population and Environment, 25 (6): 613-635.
9. Climate-related extremes and population adaptation strategies
Readings: (2.5.)
BLACK, R. et al. (2011): Migration as adaptation. Nature, 478: 477-479.
DE SHERBININ, A. et al. (2011): Preparing for Resettlement Associated with Climate Change. Science, 334: 456-457.
10. Regional and Household Adaptation Strategies to Climate Extremes in Europe
Recommended readings:
STOJANOV, R.; DUŽÍ, B.; DANĚK, T.; NĚMEC, D.; PROCHÁZKA, D. (2015): Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Extremes in Central Europe: A Case Study in a Rural Area in the Czech Republic. Sustainability (Switzerland), 7(9): 12758-12786
11. Chernobyl's disaster and population movement
Recommended readings:
KAVANOVÁ, K.; STOJANOV, R. (2008): The Environmental Migration in Chernobyl Disaster Area - The Case Study of Belarus. In: Migration, Development and Environment: Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Recommended sources:
ADAMS, R. H., Jr. International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain: A Study of 24 Labor-Exporting Countries. Policy Research Working Paper. No. 3069. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, June 2003.
CARLING, J. Migration Remittances and Development Cooperation. Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, 2005. ISBN 82-7288-224-8
FINDLEY, S.E. (1994): Does Drought Increase Migration? A Study of Migration from Rural Mali during the 1983-1985 Drought. International Migration Review, 28 (3): 539-553.
HUGO, G. (2011): Future demographic change and its interactions with migration and climate change. Global Environmental Change, (21, Supplement):S21-S33.
KARIM, M.F.; MIMURA, N. (2008): Impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on cyclonic storm surge floods in Bangladesh. Global Environmental Change, 18 (3):490-500.
KREIBICH, H. et al. (2005): Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary meaures - lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 5:117-126.
MASSEY, D. S., et al. Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal. Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 3. (Sep., 1993), pp. 431-466.
MASSEY, D.S.; AXINN, W.G.; GHIMIRE, D.J. (2010): Environmental change and out-migration:evidence from Nepal. Population and Environment, 32 (2-3):109-136.
OTTO-BANASZAK, I. et al. (2010): Different perceptions of adaptation to climate change: a mental model approach applied to the evidence from expert interviews. Reg Environ Change (2011) 11:217-228.
RAIN, D. (1999): Eaters of the Dry Season: Circular Labour Migration in the West African Sahel. Boulder, CO: Westview Press
SKELDON, R. Migration and poverty. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 2002, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 67-82. ISSN 02591-238X.
STOJANOV, R. (2008): The Environmentally-Induced Migration in China. In: Migration, Development and Environment: Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
STOJANOV, R.; NOVOSÁK, J. (eds., 2008): Development, Environment and Migration. Analysis of Linkages and Consequences. Olomouc: Palacký University.
THOMALLA, F. (2006): Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. Disasters, 30 (1): 39−48.
