Immobility rather than mobility should be the focus of concern for policymakers worried about the impact of climate-related natural hazards on the livelihoods of rural populations.
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Findlay, A. Flooding and the scale of migration. Nature Clim Change 2, 401–402 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1554
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