Population and Environment
Volume 39, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 301-318

The evolution and impacts of Graeme Hugo’s environmental migration research (Article)

Gamlen A.* , Bardsley D.K. , Wall J.
  • a Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
  • b University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
  • c Hugo Centre for Migration and Population Research, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Abstract

Drawing on Graeme’s published and unpublished work, as well as his long-term collaborations with two of us, we identify strands of thought that Graeme kept returning to and refining over the course of his career. We trace the evolution of four key points that he often reiterated: (1) The migration-environment relationship is complex and oversimplified; (2) Migration is both a consequence and a cause of environmental change; (3) Migration is just one possible response to environmental change; and (4) Displacement is just one type of migration response. We briefly map his impact on environmental migration scholarship and policy by revealing how key publications have been used in different contexts to shape theory and practice. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.

Author Keywords

Migration Graeme Hugo Environmental change Risk Decision-making Climate change

Index Keywords

nature-society relations research Climate change decision making environmental change migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85047122427&doi=10.1007%2fs11111-018-0298-2&partnerID=40&md5=b42f21890ff56ee4e8bf26be42ba7b2a
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-018-0298-2
ISSN: 01990039
Original Language: English