Theorizing climate change, (im)mobility and socio-ecological systems resilience in low-elevation coastal zones

This paper draws on recent theory and empirical research to explore how mobility is and might be employed by populations vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. It examines case studies in Bangladesh and Kiribati to illustrate the implications of differential processes of change, types of mobil...

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Published in:Climate and development 2015-08, Vol.7 (4), p.380-397
Main Author: Murphy, Daniel W.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adaptation
at-risk population
case studies
climate
climate change
coasts
livelihoods
small islands
South Asia
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Summary:This paper draws on recent theory and empirical research to explore how mobility is and might be employed by populations vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. It examines case studies in Bangladesh and Kiribati to illustrate the implications of differential processes of change, types of mobility, challenges and responses in low-elevation coastal zones. Throughout, a household-level analysis yields a complex picture of how (im)mobility interacts with vulnerability to environmental change. A resilience approach is subsequently adopted to argue that an understanding of socio-ecological systems offers a useful means of apprehending and exploring the complexity inherent in the climate change–mobility nexus.
ISSN:1756-5537
1756-5529
1756-5537
DOI:10.1080/17565529.2014.953904