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dc.contributor.author | Parrish, R | - |
dc.contributor.author | Colbourn, T | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zeka, A | - |
dc.coverage.spatial | Athens, Greece | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-14T10:10:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-14T10:10:18Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-09-18 | - |
dc.identifier | ORCID iD: Ariana Zeka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9570-8831 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Parrish, R., Colbourn, T. and Zeka, A. (2022) 'Investigations into the impacts of climate change on food security and internal migration in Malawi', Environmental Health Perspectives. ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2022 (1), pp. 1 - 1. doi: 10.1289/isee.2022.P-0613. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0091-6765 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/25957 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Copyright © The Author 2022. Background and aim: Malawi’s rainfed, agrarian economy is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Changes in crop production may impact household food security and wealth. Popular narratives of ‘climate migration’ suggests that, amongst other responses, migration (usually rural-to-rural or rural-to-urban) will increase in response to climate change, as households attempt to diversify their income and improve their prospects. The study aim was to explore the relationships between climate variables, food security and internal migration at the household level. Methods: We performed descriptive epidemiological analyses to understand climate change, food security and migration patterns within Malawi, and associations between these factors. Using a conceptual model of the drivers of migration, we informed a step-wise approach to build a set of multiple linear and logistic regression models relating climate and migration variables directly, and as mediated by a range of food security indicators and sociodemographic factors. Models examined intra- and inter-district variability and explored differences between migration profiles of rural and urban districts. Results: Modest positive relationships were identified between migration status and the average number of meals consumed for southern districts and urban migrant families. Flooding was identified as a common driver of food insecurity potentially linked to both climate change as well as future migration. Malawi’s four cities and the south of the country demonstrated a modest, negative relationship between rainfall volume and in-migration prevalence. Conclusions: Findings suggested that changes in rainfall quantities, such as droughts, may impede internal migration through poverty traps. These modest findings also challenge popular narratives which may over-assert the role of climate change as a driver of migration. In the future, as climate change continues, internal migration patterns may alter, with implications for urbanisation rates, food systems and development pathways for Malawi. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1 - 1 | - |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © The Authors 2022. All documents published by EHP are in the public domain. PDF copies of published articles can be freely shared and distributed without permission from either EHP or the authors. However, authors of research articles do retain copyright of the article’s contents. Permission must be obtained from the authors before using or presenting the contents of a research article in a new way—for example, reproducing only one figure. Full licensing information for EHP content is available to answer more detailed questions, see: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/about-ehp/copyright-permissions | - |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | - |
dc.source | 34th Annual ISEE Conference | - |
dc.source | 34th Annual ISEE Conference | - |
dc.subject | climate change | en_US |
dc.subject | climate migration | en_US |
dc.subject | environmental migration | en_US |
dc.subject | Malawi | en_US |
dc.title | Investigations into the impacts of climate change on food security and internal migration in Malawi | en_US |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2022.P-0613 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Environmental Health Perspectives. ISEE Conference Abstracts | - |
pubs.finish-date | 2022-09-21 | - |
pubs.finish-date | 2022-09-21 | - |
pubs.issue | 1 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | - |
pubs.start-date | 2022-09-18 | - |
pubs.start-date | 2022-09-18 | - |
pubs.volume | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1552-9924 | - |
dc.rights.holder | The Authors | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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