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Assessing the Factors Influencing Migration Decision of Climate Refugees in Coastal Areas of Bangladesh
Using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) we explore the influential factors that affect the climate refugee’s decision to migrate. We have found that environmental degradation, resource depletion, and natural hazards play a contributing role as an important push factor in affecting population movement in coastline areas. Environmental degradation as a result of climate change may be one of the many triggering factors for migration but it is not the only cause. Environmental hardships are often aggravated by issues such as economic hardship also (unemployment, income, increase in price etc.). So when environmental deteriorations cause displacements, they are often the byproduct of economic factors also.
