Not all adaptation responses reduce risks, and some may have long- term maladaptive outcomes, even if they are beneficial in the short term. Maladaptation often stems from poor planning and implementation of adaptation responses and because of not addressing the root causes of vulnerability . Of the 319 case studies where adaptation response was found to have some beneficial outcomes, around one third of them also mentioned the possibility of maladaptation. Migration can often have maladaptive outcomes because migration can exacerbate the inherent vulnerabilities of migrants . For example, slum dwellers in cities may earn higher incomes, but their quality of life worsens . In some instances, even wage rates in migration hotspots can remain
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