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Climate and migration in historical perspective

  • Lukáš Dolák
  • , Rudolf Brázdil
  • , Sam White
  • , Qing Pei
  • , Dominik Collet

Research output: Journal article publicationJournal articleAcademic researchpeer-review

Abstract

Migration is an inherent part of human history. It has been linked to socioeconomic, political, demographic, and environmental factors, and increasingly to past climate variability, climate change, and natural hazards, including extreme weather events. This paper discusses migration as both a cascading effect of climate change impacts and an adaptive response to climate-related risks. It distills key patterns in regional and global studies of past climate-migration links; provides a topical overview of existing studies dealing with climate-induced migration during historical times in Europe, North America, and Asia; and summarizes key perspectives of climate and migration research on the historical past.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)221-250
Number of pages30
JournalGeografie-Sbornik CGS
Volume130
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

  • climate variability and change
  • migration
  • mobility
  • natural disaster
  • weather-related hazard

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geography, Planning and Development
  • Earth-Surface Processes

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