Environmental refugees: Consequences and policies from a western perspective

Using Canada as an example, this paper argues that the phenomenon of the environmental refugee poses a series of important public policy issues for countries of resettlement. Arguing that Canada has an obligation to aid environmental refugees, for reasons of both self-interest and self-sacrifice, t...

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Main Author: Alan E. Nash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1999-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1026022699000242