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| Article Name : | | | ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS AND MIGRATION: IS RELOCATION A SECONDARY DISASTER? | | Author Name : | | | Noorjahan Khatoon and Swati Mollah | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-1161 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | Environmental hazards result in substantial human movement and displacement. The global assessment of the WGBU clearly gives emphasis to the influence of frequent hazards, such as floods and droughts as environmental stressors that contribute to migration. As the world approaches the year 2050, scientists expect that tipping points will be exceeded and rapid-onset natural hazard events will increase (IPCC, 2007). The most widely cited estimate of 200 million migrants by 2050 (Brown, 2008) suggests that environmentally induced migration could soon involve up to 3 per cent of the current world population (CIA, 2008) in just four decades from now. The social and economic costs of this uprooting, accounting for both losses and responses, have not been estimated yet. | | Keywords : | | - Flood and river bank erosion,
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