Environmental Change in Refugee-Affected Areas of the Third World

The Role of Policy and Research

Bibliographic Data

ID3898764
AuthorsRichard Black (0000-0002-8003-2605)
Year1994
Volume18
Issue2
Pages107-116
Publication date1994-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7717.1994.tb00292.x
PMID8076155
OpenAlexW2002038103
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited7

This paper reviews the current nature of policy responses to environmental change in refugee assistance programmes. Based on a review of existing documentary material and a survey of UK-based NGOs, it is suggested that although refugee assistance agencies are aware of environmental issues, this is rarely translated into effective policy measures to identify and combat environmental degradation. Various existing methods used to calculate environmental impacts are considered, but a number of pitfalls are identified. It is suggested that little is known about the processes that lead to accelerated environmental change in situations of forced displacement, and that research providing deeper understanding of local environments and resource management systems is required for environmental policies to be effective

Climate change · Environmental change · Environmental degradation · Environmental planning · Environmental policy · Environmental resource management · Geography · Political science · Refugee · Resource (disambiguation · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Computer Science · Environmental Science · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration

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