Heat stress increases long-term human migration in rural Pakistan

Valerie Mueller, C. Gray and Katrina Kosec
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C. Gray: University of North Carolina

Nature Climate Change, 2014, vol. 4, issue 3, 182-185

Abstract: Evidence on the relationship between human migration and climatic events is limited. Now research links information from a longitudinal survey in rural Pakistan to satellite-derived measures of climate variability. Results show that heat stress consistently increases the long-term migration of men owing to impacts on income.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2103

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