A critical review of human migration models
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Rahmati, Seyedeh Hoda
Tularam, Gurudeo
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2017
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Migration has always been a fundamental component of human history. During last decades several researchers have derived models for predicting mass migrations. This paper critically reviews the theories and models - qualitative structural and mathematical modelling of migration. It analyses the institutional causes of migration at the origin and the impacts of migration on destination. Migration as a consequence of climate change is also considered and modelled. Comparisons of different modelling processes provide a better understanding of migration modelling itself and the subsequent synthesis of models and variables show ...
View more >Migration has always been a fundamental component of human history. During last decades several researchers have derived models for predicting mass migrations. This paper critically reviews the theories and models - qualitative structural and mathematical modelling of migration. It analyses the institutional causes of migration at the origin and the impacts of migration on destination. Migration as a consequence of climate change is also considered and modelled. Comparisons of different modelling processes provide a better understanding of migration modelling itself and the subsequent synthesis of models and variables show the differences and complementarities. The critical analysis conducted will greatly facilitate development of new more comprehensive models for migration in the future.
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View more >Migration has always been a fundamental component of human history. During last decades several researchers have derived models for predicting mass migrations. This paper critically reviews the theories and models - qualitative structural and mathematical modelling of migration. It analyses the institutional causes of migration at the origin and the impacts of migration on destination. Migration as a consequence of climate change is also considered and modelled. Comparisons of different modelling processes provide a better understanding of migration modelling itself and the subsequent synthesis of models and variables show the differences and complementarities. The critical analysis conducted will greatly facilitate development of new more comprehensive models for migration in the future.
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Journal Title
Climate Change
Volume
3
Issue
12
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© The Author(s) 2017. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Applied Mathematics not elsewhere classified