Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
2-2015
Publisher
Brookings Mountain West
Abstract
This lecture examines trends in natural disasters, the effects of climate change, and their impact on human rights, including economic costs, the displacement/migration of people, and the likelihood that the poor and marginalized are most likely to be affected by natural disasters and climate change.
Keywords
Climatic changes; Climatic changes--Economic aspects; Human rights; Marginality; Social; Natural disasters; Natural disasters--Economic aspects; Poor
Disciplines
Climate | Economics | Inequality and Stratification | Political Science | Sociology
File Format
File Size
1.537 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Ferris, E.
(2015).
Climate Change, Disasters & Displacement.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/brookings_lectures_events/75
Included in
Climate Commons, Economics Commons, Inequality and Stratification Commons, Political Science Commons