Does climate change influence people's migration decisions in Maldives?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14560/19:00109103

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02376-y" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02376-y</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02376-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10584-019-02376-y</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Does climate change influence people's migration decisions in Maldives?

Original language description

The influence of climate change and perceptions of it on people&apos;s migration decisions has received significant prominence, especially for people living on low-lying islands. To contribute to this literature, this paper uses Maldives as a case study for exploring the research question: How does climate change influence or not influence people&apos;s migration decisions in Maldives? Previous work tends to start from a disciplinary climate change perspective, while this study combines migration, mobility, and island studies perspectives, within which climate change sits. As well, rather than focusing on the area around the capital, Malé, as with many previous studies, the 113 interviews here were conducted in eight islands across three atolls. The method was qualitative, semi-structured, face-to-face interviews using purposive sampling of ordinary people. Contrary to a view of islanders preparing to flee their islands as &quot;climate change refugees&quot;, the interviewees provided nuanced and varied responses. They rarely identified the potential of future impacts due to climate change as influencing their migration-related decisions. When migration was considered, it was chiefly internal movement seeking a better standard of living via improved services, better living conditions, and more job opportunities. If migration related to potential climate change impacts might happen, then it was assumed to be in the future for decisions then. This lack of influence of climate change-related perceptions on Maldivians&apos; migration decisions fits well within island mobilities studies, from which climate change perspectives could adopt wider contexts.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Climatic Change

ISSN

0165-0009

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

153

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1-2

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

285-299

UT code for WoS article

000463783300019

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85061215687