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Introducing climate-related counterurbanisation: Individual adaptation or societal maladaptation?

Mark Scott, Menelaos Gkartzios Orcid Logo, Keith Halfacree Orcid Logo

Habitat International, Volume: 143

Swansea University Author: Keith Halfacree Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.habitatint.2023.102970

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Climate disruption today and anticipated future climate breakdown are reshaping demographic and spatial processes, with profound consequences for societies across the globe. Specifically, migration can become a key strategy to attempt to respond to and cope with environmental change. This paper seek...

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ISSN: 0197-3975
Published: Elsevier BV 2024
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