The role of environmental factors and other migration drivers from the perspective of Moroccan and Congolese migrants in Belgium

L Ou-Salah, L Van Praag, G Verschraegen - Comparative Migration …, 2022 - Springer
This manuscript describes findings from 53 interviews conducted with Moroccan and
migrants from The Democratic Republique of the Congo living in Belgium, with an emphasis …

Situating 'migration as adaptation'discourse and appraising its relevance to Senegal's development sector

S Lietaer, D Durand-Delacre - Environmental science & policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Academic and policy domains are increasingly constructing 'migration as adaptation'as a
policy ideal against alarmist, security-oriented approaches to the climate-migration nexus …

A qualitative study on how perceptions of environmental changes are linked to migration in Morocco, senegal, and DR congo

L Van Praag, S Lietaer, C Michellier - Human Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Environmental migration is a growing concern of academics and policymakers, who foresee
a rise in the number of such migrants. However, most prevailing academic and policy …

Examining the role of the diaspora in addressing the interconnections between human health and environmental change: The case of northern Senegalese …

S Lietaer, DM Dieng, L Van Praag - Health & Place, 2024 - Elsevier
Diaspora communities are a growing source of external assistance and resources to meet
unmet needs and to strengthen existing health systems in their home countries. Although a …

“You Can't Even Predict the Rain Anymore”: A Case Study on the Importance of Environmental Factors in the Migration Biographies of Moroccan Immigrants in …

L Ou-Salah, L Van Praag… - Nature and …, 2023 - berghahnjournals.com
In the current study, we depart from migration biographies of first-generation Moroccan
migrants living in Belgium to understand how environmental factors interfere in migration …

Bringing migrants' perspectives in 'migration as an adaptation strategy'discourses

L Van Praag - The Geographical Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few years, migration is increasingly being framed as an adaptation strategy to
deal with climate change, to move away from apocalyptic representations of migration in …

Navigating tomorrow's horizons: exploring the interplay of environmental factors in mobility decision-making among migrants in the Lowlands

L Van Praag, SL Cheung - Environmental Sociology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the growth of research in environmental migration, less research has been done on
how migrants consider environmental change and weather events when making future …

Household Gender Roles and Slow-Onset Environmental Change in Morocco: A Barrier or Driver to Develop Migration Aspirations?

L Ou-Salah, L Van Praag… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
We study how slow-onset environmental changes impact the adaptive capacity of rural
women living in the Souss-Massa region of Morocco. Given the immobility of many women …

Drivers of migration intentions in the Volta Delta: Investigating the effect of climate-related hazards and adaptation strategies

M Abu, DY Atiglo, C Addoquaye Tagoe… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The decision to migrate involves multiple causes and motivations with environmental factors
subsumed by economic and other dimensions. Deltas are rich in natural resources but are …

A qualitative study of the migration-adaptation nexus to deal with environmental change in Tinghir and Tangier (Morocco)

L Van Praag - Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last two decades, migration-as-adaptation discourses have theorized and studied
how migration could facilitate adaptation to deal with the effects of adverse environmental …