Předmět Migration, Development and Environment (MZ340M08)

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Sylabus

COURSE DESCRIPTION 1. Introduction, data, sourcesIntegration of the study course to the systems of geographical disciplines, methods of study. Readings and other sources, internet journal databases. Topics of student presentations, conditions for successful completation of the course. 2. Environment and Population - historical consequencesImpats of environmental change, natural disasters and climate extremes on population on regional and global level. Theoretical concepts, typology of environmental migrants, definitions. Environmental refugees or migrants? Environmental security, natural sources and impacts on population dynamics.Readings:PONTING, C. (1993): A Green History of the World. The environment and the Collapse of great Civilizations. New York: Penguin Books p. 194-223.References:HUGO, G. (1996): Environmental concerns and international migration. The International Migration Review; 30 (1): 105-131.3. Environment, Development and Population - concepts, causes, typologies Readings:MYERS, N. (2001): Environmental refugees: a growing phenomenon of the 21st century. Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 357 (1420): 609-613. MCLEMAN, R.; HUNTER, L.M. (2010): Migration in the context of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change: insights from analogues. WIREs Climate Change, Vol. 1, s. 450-461.ReferenceSTOJANOV, R.; NOVOSÁK, J. (eds., 2008): Development, Environment and Migration. Analysis of Linkages and Consequences. Olomouc: Palacký University. 3. Migration and International Development Migration and development from global perspective - concept, prime causes of migration in the developing regions, rural-urban migration in the developing regions (China), refugees issue and international law, UNHCR, refugees in the world and developing regions, internally displaced people (IDPs)Reading:DE HAAN, A. Livelihoods and Poverty: The Role of Migration - A Critical Review of the Migration Literature. The Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 36, No. 2, December 1999, pp. 1-47.Recommended sources:MASSEY, D. S., et al. Theories of International Migration: A Review and Appraisal. Population and Development Review, Vol. 19, No. 3. (Sep., 1993), pp. 431-466. 4. International Migration and Remittancespoverty and migration, impacts of remittances, economic consequences, myths of remittances ?Reading:CARLING, J. Migration Remittances and Development Cooperation. Oslo: International Peace Research Institute, 2005. ISBN 82-7288-224-8 Recommended sources:ADAMS, R. H., Jr. International Migration, Remittances and the Brain Drain: A Study of 24 Labor-Exporting Countries. Policy Research Working Paper. No. 3069. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, June 2003.SKELDON, R. Migration and poverty. Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 2002, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 67-82. ISSN 02591-238X. 5. Migration and environmental change in South AsiaReadings:DE SHERBININ, A. et al. (2011): Preparing for Resettlement Associated with Climate Change. Science, 334: 456-457.KARIM, M.F.; MIMURA, N. (2008): Impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on cyclonic storm surge floods in Bangladesh. Global Environmental Change, 18 (3):490-500.ReferenceMASSEY, D.S.; AXINN, W.G.; GHIMIRE, D.J. (2010): Environmental change and out-migration:evidence from Nepal. Population and Environment, 32 (2-3):109-136. 6. Environmental change, cultural context and population in AfricaReadings:RAIN, D. (1999). Eaters of the Dry Season: Circular Labour Migration in the West African Sahel. Boulder, CO: Westview PressReferenceFINDLEY, S.E. (1994): Does Drought Increase Migration? A Study of Migration from Rural Mali during the 1983-1985 Drought. International Migration Review, 28 (3): 539-553. 7. Development and displacement in ChinaReadings: YAN, T., WANG, Y. Q. (2004): Environmental Migration and Sustainable Development in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River. Population and Environment, 25 (6): 613-635.Reference STOJANOV, R. (2008): The Environmentally-Induced Migration in China. In: Migration, Development and Environment: Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 8. Climate-related extremes and population adaptation strategiesReadings:BLACK, R. et al. (2011): Migration as adaptation. Nature, 478: 477-479.HUGO, G. (2011): Future demographic change and its interactions with migration and climate change. Global Environmental Change, (21, Supplement):S21-S33.ReferenceTHOMALLA, F. (2006): Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. Disasters, 30 (1): 39−48. 9. Regional and Household Adaptation Strategies to Climate Extremes in Europe Readings:DUŽÍ, B.; et al. (2015): Regional and Household Adaptation Strategies to Climate Extremes: The Case Study of the Becva River Basin, the Czech Republic. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, DOI:10.1007/s11027-013-9504-9 will be specifiedReferenceOTTO-BANASZAK I., MATCZAK P., WESSELER J., WECHSUNG F. (2010) Different perceptions of adaptation to climate change: a mental model approach applied to the evidence from expert interviews. Reg Environ Change (2011) 11:217-228.KREIBICH H., THIEKEN A.H., PETROW TH., MÜLLER, M., MERZ, B. (2005) Flood loss reduction of private households due to building precautionary meaures - lessons learned from the Elbe flood in August 2002. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 5:117-126. 10. Chernobyl's disaster and population movementReadings: KAVANOVÁ, K.; STOJANOV, R. (2008): The Environmental Migration in Chernobyl Disaster Area - The Case Study of Belarus. In: Migration, Development and Environment: Migration Processes from the Perspective of Environmental Change and Development Approach at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Požadavky

EXAM CONDITIONSWritten part: individual control of readings (hand-outs) and team presentation of selected topic (20 minutes). In the course seminars, every student will also be assigned to a study team of 4-5 students, who will be expected to study/research material collectively in preparation for a formal presentation, to provide issues for plenary discussion and to write an essay (seminar paper).

Garant

Mgr. Robert Stojanov, Ph.D.