Kathryn Grace

Subsistence farmers in Sahelian Africa are highly vulnerable to the rainfall effects associated with climate change. Permanent or temporary out-migration can provide an individual or family the opportunity to mitigate against these effects. One major challenge to quantifying the impact of climate ch...

Temperatures, conflict and forced migration in West Asia and North Africa. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research|Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2024|

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(12 juin 2024)

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The region of West Asia and North Africa has not only been termed a “hotspot” region for the adverse impact of climate change in light of extreme temperature increases. Several countries have also experienced protracted humanitarian crises and civil wars in the last two decades, such as those in Syr...

Urban–rural differences in mortality during the 2010 heatwave in European Russia. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research|Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2024|

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(22 mai 2024)

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Supplementary materialThe 2010 summer heatwave in European Russia led to a notable increase in mortality due to extreme heat and associated wildfires. However, the diverse settlement patterns and the uneven impact of the heatwave in European Russia have left many geographical aspects of this event u...

Gender, climate and landowning: Sources of variability in the weather pattern change and ideal fertility relationship in Sahelian West Africa. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research|Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2024|

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(30 avr. 2024)

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This paper advances our understanding of the relationship between climate change and ideal fertility in Sahelian West Africa by exploring sources of variation in that relationship. Using an integrated dataset of Demographic and Health Surveys with monthly rainfall and temperature data, the analyses...

Extreme temperatures and morbidity in old age in Europe. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research|Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2024|

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(4 avr. 2024)

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Supplementary materialUnderstanding the relationship between extreme temperatures and health among older adults is of paramount importance for public health in ageing societies. This study aims to enhance our understanding of the impact of extreme temperatures on morbidity, i.e. the risk of being ho...

Climate, conflict and internal migration in Colombia. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research|Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2024|

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(4 avr. 2024)

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Robust empirical evidence on the potential causal linkages between environmental change, conflict and migration is scarce. We evaluate this relationship in the context of internal migration in Colombia for the period from 2000 to 2005. Using municipalitylevel data in a gravity model that considers t...

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2024

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(1 févr. 2024)

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