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Anthropocene and Migration: Challenges in the 21st Century

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Anthropocene literally means “Humankind Era.” In an analytical perspective, the Anthropocene summarizes the impact of human society activities in the environmental dynamics of the planet. The Planet Earth balance of energy is controlled diverse processes such as temperature, phosphorus and nitrogen cycles, emissions of greenhouse gases vegetal and animal species biodiversity, and soil and water use, among others. These processes combined with social dynamics such as agriculture and urbanization may change the environment. The Anthropocene shows that humankind turned into a potential power of transformation, and this is clearly seem in the transformations planet is passing by, which include rise of average temperature and higher frequency and intensity of disasters, for example. In the other hand, Anthropocene either means human society needs to face the consequences of its impact. One of these impacts is the migration/displacement influenced or caused by global environmental...

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  1. Federal University of ABC (UFABC), São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil

    Leonardo Freire de Mello, Gustavo Di Cesare Giannella, Sara Aparecida de Paula, Maira Begalli & Andrea Lise Suriano

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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Freire de Mello, L., Di Cesare Giannella, G., de Paula, S.A., Begalli, M., Suriano, A.L. (2020). Anthropocene and Migration: Challenges in the 21st Century. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_85-1

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