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Environmental and Disaster Displacement Policy

Organisational Cooperation between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration

Palgrave Macmillan

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  • Analyses how the UNHCR and the IOM respond to issues of environmental and disaster displacement
  • Uses the case of Typhoon Haiyan to explore responses and the perspectives of individuals within those organisations
  • Includes interviews with employees of both organisations as well as global experts

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. UNHCR Involvement 2008–2017

    • Silvana Lakeman
    Pages 49-83
  3. IOM Involvement 2008–2017

    • Silvana Lakeman
    Pages 85-127
  4. Typhoon Haiyan: Context, Actors and Response

    • Silvana Lakeman
    Pages 129-158
  5. Typhoon Haiyan: The Involvement of UNHCR and IOM

    • Silvana Lakeman
    Pages 159-192
  6. Individual Perspectives on Agency Involvement

    • Silvana Lakeman
    Pages 193-230
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 249-256

About this book

This book explores the involvement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the issue area of environmental and disaster displacement. In considering both agencies’ historical involvement, their response to Typhoon Haiyan, and first-hand accounts from both agency staff and other experts, this book outlines how inter-agency involvement in the issue area has been categorised by (real or imagined) divisions; of agency structures and mandates, activities, and even personalities. While historically inherited differences exist, environmental and disaster displacement has led to a converging of agency roles and amplified tensions, at a time when cooperation is most critical.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Silvana Lakeman

About the author

Silvana Lakeman is an editor for an academic journal. She previously worked as a Marie Curie Doctoral Fellow at the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Germany. Her research evaluates the involvement of organisations in the areas of migration, environmental and disaster displacement, and climate change. She has worked in both a research and advisory capacity for a range of international and non-governmental organisations.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Environmental and Disaster Displacement Policy

  • Book Subtitle: Organisational Cooperation between the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration

  • Authors: Silvana Lakeman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84539-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84538-4Published: 22 October 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84541-4Published: 23 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84539-1Published: 21 October 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 256

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: International Organization, Governance and Government, Environmental Policy

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eBook USD 99.00
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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 129.99
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