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- Uses the empirically tested Sustainable Livelihood Approach
- Is based on a blend of qualitative and quantitative methods
- Is the first to study the impact of the migration from Sundarban on the people and their livelihood
- Illustrates by tables, diagrams, maps, colourful plates and feature boxes
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book deals with the out-migration from the UNESCO designated Sundarban Biosphere Reserve in India. It focuses on the question whether out-migration is a consequence of environmental change or livelihood issues and development deficit. It investigates the processes of migration from a broad spectrum, exploring a wide range of economic, social, and demographic factors along with environmental stressors. The processes of migration studied and empirically illustrated include migration stream, migration pattern, reasons for migration, the nexus between migration and social network, aspiration and different human, economic and physical capital. The book adopts a modelistic approach called the Sustainable Livelihood Approach (SLA) to investigate whether migration from Sundarban is an environmental migration or not. In addition it uses the risk perception approach of people’s cognition or ‘affective imagery’ to examine the degree of perceived environmental risk in the means of living, especially farming and fishing, of the islanders of Sundarban.
The book will be of interest to researchers and academicians in the areas of migration studies, geography, political science, sociology and economics.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Geography, Nistarini College, Purulia, India
Avijit Mistri
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Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Bhaswati Das
About the authors
Dr Bhaswati Das is currently Faculty of Population Studies at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Science in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She did her graduation in Geography from the erstwhile Presidency College, Kolkata and continued her higher education in Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her area of research is Population and Development. Migration being one of the most complex human response of development she has published several research papers in peer-reviewed national and international journals on this issue. Several of her research scholars have successfully completed their doctoral thesis addressing issues on migration.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Change, Livelihood Issues and Migration
Book Subtitle: Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India
Authors: Avijit Mistri, Bhaswati Das
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8735-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8734-0Published: 20 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-8737-1Published: 20 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-8735-7Published: 05 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 169
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Migration, Human Geography, Environmental Sociology