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
Subjects:	Environmental refugees Public policy Canada.
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1026022699000242

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spelling	doaj-e5c2c94946524a7da90737ab97f8e9ff2020-11-24T22:30:47ZengHindawi LimitedDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1026-02261607-887X1999-01-0132-322723810.1155/S1026022699000242Environmental refugees: Consequences and policies from a western perspectiveAlan E. Nash0Department of Geography, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Quebec, Montreal H3G 1M8, CanadaUsing 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, the paper then explores those reasons that have, so far, prevented Canada acting on these obligations. These lie, the paper argues, in a conjunction of both present public opinion and government practice. It is therefore in these realms that action to remove impediments to policy change must now occur.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S1026022699000242Environmental refugeesPublic policyCanada.
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title	Environmental refugees: Consequences and policies from a western perspective
title_short	Environmental refugees: Consequences and policies from a western perspective
title_full	Environmental refugees: Consequences and policies from a western perspective
title_fullStr	Environmental refugees: Consequences and policies from a western perspective
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description	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, the paper then explores those reasons that have, so far, prevented Canada acting on these obligations. These lie, the paper argues, in a conjunction of both present public opinion and government practice. It is therefore in these realms that action to remove impediments to policy change must now occur.
topic	Environmental refugees Public policy Canada.
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Environmental refugees: Consequences and policies from a western perspective

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