Habitability for a connected, unequal and changing world

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 90, P. 102953 - 102953

Published: Nov. 23, 2024

Language: Английский

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“We are still here” climate change, gender and immobility in highly mobile Himalayan communities

Climate and Development, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 16(5), P. 443 - 457

Published: July 19, 2023

In this paper we ask: why do people in rural agrarian communities facing increasing migration pressures from changing climatic conditions, stay? We aim to understand stay, who stays, what are the impacts of on those and their needs for adaptation? study a population not migrate Himalayan Uttarakhand, India, despite livelihoods being already severely disrupted by climate change high outmigration has led abandoned so-called 'ghost villages'. Semi-structured interviews (n = 72) were held with affected communities, experts, policymakers. Results show that motivations immobility shaped place attachment; place-based resource advantages; social milieu; dependence subsistence agriculture gender roles. find experiences differentiated gender, age situ resources. Those stay negatively impacted via loss labour agriculture, changes size composition, community, addition negative change. Our results likely relevant global scale, other smallholder risks. These populations will need gender-sensitive support adapt place.

Language: Английский

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Bringing migrants' perspectives in ‘migration as an adaptation strategy’ discourses

Geographical Journal, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 189(3), P. 526 - 532

Published: June 13, 2023

Abstract Over the last few years, migration is increasingly being framed as an adaptation strategy to deal with climate change, move away from apocalyptic representations of in debates on change. While acknowledging merit this discourse, commentary calls for more attention include migrants' perspectives environmental and reflecting how such discourses work out practice. As most studies have focused regions origin impacted adversely by ability/willingness migrate, migrants themselves they feel about their integration, whether internally or internationally, facing slow‐onset sudden impacts, not been discussed thoroughly. This point view needed grasp preconditions success discourses, occupy vulnerable positions immigrant societies, but are pressured a ‘double engagement’ towards both region destination.

Language: Английский

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Intensifying translocal precarity: The impact of COVID‐19 on smallholder farmers' commodity production and social reproduction in Cambodia

Area, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: June 14, 2024

Abstract Against a backdrop of agrarian transformation, COVID‐19 intensified translocal precarity among smallholder farmers worldwide. As scholars economic geography and studies have shown, households increasingly struggle to reproduce themselves through livelihoods alone, with many compelled migrate urban centres, both domestic foreign, find employment. Consequently, now experience shaped by the spaces production social reproduction. In this paper, based on qualitative study smallholders in northwestern Cambodia conducted from 2019 2023, we argue that deepened households, who already had volatile commodity uncertain labour migration. We explain how pandemic led job losses forced workers return rural homes farming. On farm, restrictions cross‐border trade agricultural inputs drove up costs while competition for land between migrant returnees increased rental fees, pushing into debt traps following poor harvests. Indebted responded migrating Thailand again, where demand industrial remained low after pandemic, creating additional uncertainty about their migration journey. conclude impacts are usefully explained lens precarity. This approach reveals played out within broader conjuncture defined adverse incorporation transnational markets, lack sustaining infrastructure countryside, an debt‐driven regime.

Language: Английский

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Regional evidence of environmental mobility in Southeast Asia: A systematic review of the empirical evidence

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 45(3), P. 533 - 562

Published: Aug. 19, 2024

In recognition of the complex and context‐specific interplay between environmental change human mobility, regionally focused systematic reviews have been acknowledged as very valuable. No such review exists for Southeast Asia (SEA), despite being a region that is significantly shaped by mobility hotspot change. this article, we aim to close gap systematizing empirical literature on causes consequences in context SEA. The based 63 scientific publications derived from CliMig database supplemented additional backward author‐citation search methods. evidence SEA reveals several overarching themes are consistent with global trends environment‐mobility nexus. particular, highlight importance remittances—both financial social—as key mechanisms facilitate adaptation uncertainty. We also identify specific areas research require further investigation SEA, including conditions faced migrants destination dual‐nature impacts remittances both household migrant's perspective.

Language: Английский

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Rural migrants in urban centers: Sources of vulnerability or agents of adaptive capacity?

Habitat International, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 152, P. 103173 - 103173

Published: Aug. 31, 2024

Language: Английский

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Migration as good, bad and necessary: examining impacts of migration on staying Himalayan communities affected by climate change

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(1)

Published: Dec. 20, 2024

Language: Английский

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Migration as adaptation to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes? A meta-review of existing evidence

Climatic Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 176(8)

Published: July 15, 2023

Abstract Due to its potential geo-political and environmental implications, climate migration is an increasing concern the international community. However, while there considerable attention devoted in response sea-level rise, a limited understanding of human mobility due freshwater inland hydroclimatic changes. Hence, aim this paper examine existing evidence on as adaptation strategy A meta-review papers published between 2014 2019 yielded 67 publications, majority which focus handful countries Global South. Droughts, floods, extreme heat, changes seasonal precipitation patterns were singled out most common hazards triggering migration. Importantly, discuss part portfolio responses. Motivations migrate at household level range from survival searching for better economic opportunities. The outcomes are mixed — spanning higher incomes difficulties finding employment after moving struggles with cost living. While remittances can be beneficial, does not always have positive outcome those who left behind. Furthermore, shows that migration, even when desired, option some vulnerable households. These multifaceted results suggest that, certainly happening changes, studies reviewing it substantial gaps remain terms geographical coverage, implementation assessments, evaluation. We argue these need filled inform policies increasingly intertwined rather than shaped isolation each other.

Language: Английский

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Risk reduction through managed retreat? Investigating enabling conditions and assessing resettlement effects on community resilience in Metro Manila

Published: Jan. 10, 2024

Abstract. Managed retreat, a key strategy in climate change adaptation for areas with high hazard exposure, raises concerns due to its disruptive nature, vulnerability issues and overall risk the new location. On-site resettlement or near-site retreat are seen as more appropriate effective compared relocation far from former place of living, however, these conclusions often refer only very limited set empirical case studies do not sufficiently consider different context conditions phases relocation. Against this background, paper examines factors contributing community resilience projects Metro-Manila. In urban agglomeration reside an estimated 500,000 informal households, than 100,000 occupying high-risk areas. light already realized anticipated effects, precarious living situation exposes families, socio-economically vulnerable, increased flooding. The response Philippine government vexing problem dwellers has been large-scale coasts, rivers, creeks state-owned sites at fringes. Whereas few could be In-City close original space. study employs sequential mixed-method approach, integrating quantitative household survey focus group discussions (FGDs) robust comparison types. Further, it reveals community-defined enabling managed strategy. Results indicate minor variations well-being between Off-City resettlement, challenging expected impact setting on resilience. Instead, essential prerequisites involve reduced secure tenure safety crime. Beyond conditions, social cohesion institutional support systems emerge significant influencers successful establishment well-functioning settlements. With findings, contributes expanding body literature offering comprehensive evaluation based extensive datasets providing entry points improvement

Language: Английский

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Comment on egusphere-2024-50

Published: Jan. 26, 2024

Abstract. Managed retreat, a key strategy in climate change adaptation for areas with high hazard exposure, raises concerns due to its disruptive nature, vulnerability issues and overall risk the new location. On-site resettlement or near-site retreat are seen as more appropriate effective compared relocation far from former place of living, however, these conclusions often refer only very limited set empirical case studies do not sufficiently consider different context conditions phases relocation. Against this background, paper examines factors contributing community resilience projects Metro-Manila. In urban agglomeration reside an estimated 500,000 informal households, than 100,000 occupying high-risk areas. light already realized anticipated effects, precarious living situation exposes families, socio-economically vulnerable, increased flooding. The response Philippine government vexing problem dwellers has been large-scale coasts, rivers, creeks state-owned sites at fringes. Whereas few could be In-City close original space. study employs sequential mixed-method approach, integrating quantitative household survey focus group discussions (FGDs) robust comparison types. Further, it reveals community-defined enabling managed strategy. Results indicate minor variations well-being between Off-City resettlement, challenging expected impact setting on resilience. Instead, essential prerequisites involve reduced secure tenure safety crime. Beyond conditions, social cohesion institutional support systems emerge significant influencers successful establishment well-functioning settlements. With findings, contributes expanding body literature offering comprehensive evaluation based extensive datasets providing entry points improvement

Language: Английский

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