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Keeping people in place: Political factors of (im)mobility and climate change
Zickgraf, Caroline
2019In Social Sciences, 8 (8), p. 28
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Keywords :
Climate change; Environmental migration and mobility; Immobility; Migration governance; Planned relocation; Senegal; Trapped populations; Vietnam
Abstract :
[en] While those 'trapped' or who choose to stay in areas affected by climate change represent a substantial policy issue, there only a small amount of empirical work specifically targeting such populations. The scant attention that is afforded to immobility often emphasizes financial constraints as factors driving (involuntary) immobility. As an essential part of the mobility spectrum, the complexity of immobility in crisis, including its political dimensions, warrants thorough investigation. In response to these gaps, this contribution locates environmental immobility within mobilities studies, its conceptual complexities, and, finally, illustrates the importance of political factors in shaping (im)mobilities. The findings are based on semi-structured interviews conducted in two developing countries experiencing the impacts of climate change. We delve into the socio-cultural and economic nature of (im)mobilities as they interact with political forces, specifically by exploring international bilateral agreements (Senegal) and a relocation program (Vietnam). In political spaces that are dominated by a desire to limit human mobility and (re)produce stasis, we challenge traditional dichotomies between mobile/immobile and sedentary/migration polices by underlining how policy interventions can simultaneously promote mobility and immobility, demonstrating complex co-existing mobilities. Keeping people in place can, in fact, mean allowing the very same people to move. © 2019 by the authors.
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Political science, public administration & international relations
Human geography & demography
Author, co-author :
Zickgraf, Caroline  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de géographie > Service de géographie rurale (LAPLEC)
Language :
English
Title :
Keeping people in place: Political factors of (im)mobility and climate change
Publication date :
2019
Journal title :
Social Sciences
eISSN :
2076-0760
Publisher :
MDPI AG
Special issue title :
Migration and Conflict in a Global Warming Era: A Political Understanding of Climate Change
Volume :
8
Issue :
8
Pages :
28
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
IMMOBILE
Funders :
ASRF - Applied Scientific Research Fund [JO]
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