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Climate-induced migration: using mental models to explore aggregate and individual decision-making

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  • Cameron Thomas Whitley
  • Louie Rivers III
  • Seven Mattes
  • Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt
  • Arika Ligmann-Zielinska
  • Laura Schmitt Olabisi
  • Jing Du

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The US Dust Bowl of the 1930s (a prolong period of drought experienced in the United States accompanied by severe sand storms) is often described as an abnormal event. However, climate change is likely to increase the frequency and impact of similar occurrences. Because of this, a growing number of scholars have begun to examine multiple facets of climate-induced migration from various disciplinary traditions. Specifically, scholars have called for continued research into individual decision-making processes. Responding to this call, we construct a mental model from historical interviews of those who migrated to California during the US Dust Bowl. Our model provides insight into the migration process with a unique focus on individual decision-making processes of migrants.

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  • Cameron Thomas Whitley & Louie Rivers III & Seven Mattes & Sandra T. Marquart-Pyatt & Arika Ligmann-Zielinska & Laura Schmitt Olabisi & Jing Du, 2018. "Climate-induced migration: using mental models to explore aggregate and individual decision-making," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(8), pages 1019-1035, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:21:y:2018:i:8:p:1019-1035
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2017.1281331
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    1. Sreejith Aravindakshan & Timothy J. Krupnik & Sumona Shahrin & Pablo Tittonell & Kadambot H. M. Siddique & Lenora Ditzler & Jeroen C. J. Groot, 2021. "Socio-cognitive constraints and opportunities for sustainable intensification in South Asia: insights from fuzzy cognitive mapping in coastal Bangladesh," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 23(11), pages 16588-16616, November.
    2. Emily C. Nabong & Aaron Opdyke & Jeffrey P. Walters, 2022. "Identifying leverage points in climate change migration systems through expert mental models," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 175(3), pages 1-23, December.

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