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- Title
Climate change and non-migration — exploring the role of place relations in rural and coastal Bangladesh.
- Authors
Rabbani, M. M. Golam; Cotton, Matthew; Friend, Richard
- Abstract
Of growing research and policy interest are the experiences of people living under conditions of climate change–induced environmental stress, which either are unable to migrate (sometimes described as a 'trapped population') or are seemingly unwilling to do so (sometimes described as the 'voluntarily immobile'). This paper problematises and expands upon these binary categories: examining the complex dimensionality of non-migration as a form of place relations, explored through qualitative study of rural and coastal Bangladeshi communities. Through 60 semi-structured interviews of individuals from four communities in the Kalapara region, the analysis proffers four qualitatively derived and inter-related dimensions of voluntary and involuntary non-migration framed as a form of place relations. These four dimensions concern the following: (1) livelihood opportunities, (2) place obduracy, (3) risk perceptions, and (4) social-structural constraints, with the interplay between these elements explaining diverse non-migratory experiences. In our analysis, 'place obduracy' is introduced as a concept to describe the differential speed of environmental change and socio-cultural adaptation responses to explain non-migratory experiences. Our discussion provides insight into how to best support non-migrant people's adaptive capacity in the face of growing climate emergency.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; COMMUNITIES; CLIMATE change; RURAL-urban migration; RISK perception; SEMI-structured interviews; LIVING conditions; PHYSIOLOGICAL adaptation
- Publication
Population & Environment, 2022, Vol 44, Issue 1/2, p99
- ISSN
0199-0039
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11111-022-00402-3