Human mobility

Reducing, preparing for and responding to disaster displacement. Integrating disaster displacement and other related forms of human mobility into regional, national, sub-national and local DRR strategies.

Latest Human mobility additions in the Knowledge Base

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By reducing the vulnerability of communities and enhancing their capacity to cope with disasters, the region can protect livelihoods, ensure food security, promote sustainable economic growth, and prevent displacement.
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This report is the second in a series of three reports addressing judicial aspects of the struggle to secure justice for climate displaced persons everywhere.
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This report investigates the potential differences in preparedness and participation levels of forcibly displaced and stateless persons with disabilities in disaster risk reduction (DRR) compared with host communities.
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The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty is the world’s first bilateral agreement on climate mobility. Under the treaty, Australia will grant permanent residence to up to 280 Tuvaluans facing dangers posed by climate change each year.
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Homeowners in front of their house after floods.
Study finds that over the next 30 years, the current Climate Abandonment Areas are expected to decline an additional 16%, some 2.5 million people, due to flood risk.
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This publication is a technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service. It aims to provide additional scientific evidence on the link between disaster displacement and migration intentions.
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Here, researchers explore how core socioeconomic, political, and security conditions shape flood-induced displacement worldwide since 2000.
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This open access book examines the use of relocation and resettlement processes in the United States as a means of responding to climate change, highlighting contradictions in US property law that diminish the usefulness of relocation as a strategy.

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