Climate Change National Program
Year of publication
2002
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Rural-urban
Type of environmental driver
Generic references to climate climate change
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Sub-region
South America
Region
South America
Macro-region
Americas
Relevant GCM objective
- GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available
Similarly, the markedly rural characteristic that has distinguished the Paraguayan population tends to modify towards the urban, whose percentage overcomes 50 %. In the last decades the flow of the migratory current has been increased from the field to the city where the demand of the social, basic services and employment have created significant infrastructure problems and overcrowding.