Table 2.
Origins, destinations, and environmental drivers of international migrants in the articles under review
| Author(s) | Origin | Current international destination(s) | Environmental drivers investigated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afifi (2011) | Niger | Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Libya, Nigeria, Europe | Drought, land degradation, access to resources (Lake Chad, Niger river), deforestation |
| Alscher (2011) | Hispaniola Island | Cross-border on island, United States, Canada, France, Spain | Natural disasters, flooding, deforestation, land degradation |
| Bettini (2013) | None specified (“South”) | None specified (“North”) | None specified |
| Dun (2011) | Vietnam | Cambodia | Flooding, natural disasters |
| Farbotko (2005) | Tuvalu | Australia | None specified |
| Farbotko and Lazrus (2012) | Tuvalu | Australia, New Zealand | Sea-level rise |
| Feng et al. (2010) | Mexico | United States | Agricultural productivity |
| Findley (1994) | Mali | France, Senegal, Ivory Coast | Drought |
| Gila et al. (2011) | Western Sahara and Algeria | Algeria, Spain, Italy, Mauritania, Cuba | Drought, access to resources (grazing/farming land), water shortages; locusts |
| Gray (2009, 2010) | Ecuador (Southern Andes) | Spain, United States | Land quality, agricultural productivity |
| Henry et al. (2004a, b) | Burkina Faso (five rural regions and three cities) | Cote D’Ivoire | Drought, land degradation |
| Kniveton et al. (2011) | Burkina Faso | None specified | Drought |
| Marchiori and Schumacher (2011) | None specified (“South”) | None specified (“North”) | Climate change |
| Marchiori et al. (2012) | Sub-Saharan Africa | None specified | Rainfall anomalies, temperature anomalies |
| Massey et al. (2010) | Nepal | India | Access to resources (firewood), agricultural productivity |
| McNamara (2007) | None specified | None specified | None specified |
| McNamara and Gibson (2009) | Pacific Small Island States | None specified | Sea-level rise |
| Mortreux and Barnett (2009) | Tuvalu | None specified | Sea-level rise |
| Nawrotzki et al. (2013) | Mexico | United States | Drought |
| Radel et al. (2010) | Mexico | United States | Drought, natural disasters |
| Reuveny and Moore (2009) | None specified | None specified | Natural disasters, land degradation, access to resources (crop land) |
| Rowlands (2004) | None specified (“South”) | None specified (“North”) | Deforestation |
| Shen and Binns (2012) | Tuvalu | New Zealand | Sea-level rise |
| Shen and Gemenne (2011) | Tuvalu | New Zealand | Sea-level rise, flooding, land degradation, waste disposal |
| Shrestha and Bhandari (2007) | Nepal | India | Access to resources (firewood) |
| Sunil et al. (2007) | United States | Mexico | Climate, natural amenities (pull factors) |
| Warner (2010) | Vietnam | Cambodia | Flooding, sea-level rise, natural disasters |
| Warner et al. (2010) | Vietnam | Cambodia | Flooding, sea-level rise |
| Wrathall (2012) | Honduras (Garifuna villages) | United States | Natural disasters, flooding |
Studies did not need to meet all specified attributes shown above to be included in the inventory, so long as the key criteria for inclusion were met