Rabbani, M M Golam, Cotton, Matthew and Friend, Richard Morris orcid.org/0000-0001-5861-1523 (2022) Climate change and non-migration - exploring the role of place relations in rural and coastal Bangladesh. Population and Environment. pp. 99-122. ISSN 1573-7810
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.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2022 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Environment and Geography (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 15:00 |
Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2025 05:28 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-022-00402-3 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11111-022-00402-3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192385 |