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

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43110%2F19%3A43915245" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43110/19:43915245 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/00216224:14560/19:00109103

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Climatic Change

ISSN

0165-0009

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

153

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1-2

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

285-299

Kód UT WoS článku

000463783300019

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85061215687