title: A complex social-ecological disaster: Environmentally induced forced migration.
abstract: In the 21stcentury, global issues are increasingly characterized by inter-connectedness and complexity. Global environmental change, and climate change in particular, has become a powerful driver and catalyst of forced migration and internal displacement of people. Environmental migrants may far outnumber any other group of displaced people and refugees in the years to come. Deeper scientific integration, especially across the social sciences, is a prerequisite to tackle this issue.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver , Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rechkemmer
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver , Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, University of Georgia , Athens, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Abha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver , Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Decker Sparks
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver , Denver, CO, USA.
authors.forename: Pranietha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mudliar
authors.affiliation: Center for Disaster & Extreme Event Preparedness (DEEP Center), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shultz
keywords: climate change; displacement of people; forced migration; global environmental change; governance; interdisciplinary