Descriptive analysis of the individual migratory pathways according to environmental typologies
(2004) Population and Environment — Vol. 25, n° 5, p. 397-422 (2004)
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- This study tests the influence of environmental changes on migration in Burkina Faso. It describes individual migratory pathways in the 1960-1999 period in Burkina Faso, using environmental typologies of origins and destinations based on rainfall variations and land degradation. The study links data from a national longitudinal (retrospective) survey with fine resolution rainfall data and land degradation data. Results suggest that environmental factors influence, but in different ways, both the probability to out-migrate and the selection of a destination once the migration decision has been made. Migration seems to be more influenced by a slow-acting process such as land degradation than by episodic events such as droughts.
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Henry, S., Piche, V., Ouedraogo, D., & Lambin, E. (2004). Descriptive analysis of the individual migratory pathways according to environmental typologies. Population and Environment, 25(5), 397-422. https://doi.org/10.1023/B:POEN.0000036929.19001.a4 (Original work published 2004)