Internal Migration and Urbanization: A Case Study from Semi-arid Regions of Pakistan

A few climate change experts from Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) confirmed the existence of climate induced migration in Pakistan especially at arid areas like Tharparkar, Sindh. In 2015, a heat wave in Karachi resulted in the death of 1,200 people (GoP 2015) and forced many more to move out of Karachi.

Date: March 2018

Source: SDPI