A discursive review of the textual use of ‘trapped’ in environmental migration studies The conceptual birth and troubled teenage years of trapped populations

First mooted in 2011, the concept of Trapped Populations referring to people unable to move from environmentally high-risk areas broadened the study of human responses to environmental change. While a seemingly straightforward concept, the underlying discourses around the reasons for being ‘trapped’...

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Published in:Ambio Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 557 - 573
Main Authors: Ayeb-Karlsson, Sonja, Smith, Christopher D., Kniveton, Dominic
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Science + Business Media 01.09.2018
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Springer Netherlands
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Assisted migration
At risk populations
at-risk population
Atmospheric Sciences
Climate Change
Climate effects
Critical Discourse Analysis
Critical theory
Discourse analysis
Discourses
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecological risk assessment
Ecology
Environment
Environmental aspects
Environmental changes
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Environmental Exposure
Environmental Health
Environmental Management
Environmental migration
Environmental risk
Environmental stress
Environmental studies
G1
GE
Governance
HB1951
High risk
Human behavior
Humans
Immobility
issues and policy
Migrants
Migration
people
Physical Geography
Population
Population Dynamics
Populations
Relocation
Resettlement
REVIEW
Studies
Teenagers
Textual analysis
Transients and Migrants
Trapped Populations
Critical Discourse Analysis
Climate change
Immobility
Textual analysis
Trapped Populations
Environmental migration
ISSN:0044-7447, 1654-7209, 1654-7209
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Summary:First mooted in 2011, the concept of Trapped Populations referring to people unable to move from environmentally high-risk areas broadened the study of human responses to environmental change. While a seemingly straightforward concept, the underlying discourses around the reasons for being ‘trapped’, and the language describing the concept have profound influences on the way in which policy and practice approaches the needs of populations at risk from environmental stresses and shocks. In this article, we apply a Critical Discourse Analysis to the academic literature on the subject to reveal some of the assumptions implicit within discussing ‘trapped’ populations. The analysis reveals a dominant school of thought that assisted migration, relocation, and resettlement in the face of climate change are potentially effective adaptation strategies along a gradient of migrant agency and governance.
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ISSN:0044-7447
1654-7209
1654-7209
DOI:10.1007/s13280-017-1007-6